WEISS/MANFREDI: Reciprocal Horizons
Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss discuss their practice and recent projects for Current Work.
December 11, 2020
Recorded on December 2, 2020.
Current Work is a lecture series featuring leading figures in the worlds of architecture, urbanism, design, and art.
Since founding their New York City practice in 1989, Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss have built a reputation for sensitively rethinking the relationship between buildings and their surroundings.
In this video, Weiss and Manfredi discuss projects including:
- La Brea Tar Pits Redesign and Expansion
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center
- Hunters Point South Waterfront Park
The lecture is followed by a conversation with J. Meejin Yoon, co-founding principal of Höweler + Yoon Architecture and dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University.
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