Current Work: Billie Tsien and Jennifer Dempsey: Unfinished

In this recording, Billie Tsien and Jennifer Dempsey of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners present recent and in-progress work by the firm. Currently teaching together at The Cooper Union, the two architects discuss their experience as women who entered the profession at different times and how they navigate the field.

Recent projects include:

• Obama Presidential Center, spanning 19 acres on the South Side of Chicago, the campus named for the 44th President of the United States will contain a museum, forum, and branch of the Chicago Public Library, surrounded by a public plaza that integrates into adjacent Jackson Park
• David Geffen Hall, this reconfiguration of the public spaces of the Lincoln Center concert hall features a re-imagined grand promenade, lobby, lounges, restaurant, and a flexible performance space showcasing the Center’s programing
• United States Embassy Complex, with Davis Brody Bond, located in the Nuevo Polanco district of Mexico City, this building will be among the largest US embassies ever constructed upon completion and is designed to earn a minimum of LEED Silver Certification

The discussion is moderated by Diana Agrest. Agrest is the Irwin S. Chanin Distinguished Professor at The Cooper Union, where she has taught since 1977, and a founder and principal of Agrest and Gandelsonas Architects in New York.

The event was organized and co-presented by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union.