Abstract :
For at least a decade, Weiss/Manfredi Architects has been considered one of the top New York firms - contenders for prestigious public commissions that require more than a good solid commercial job. Now, with the opening of the Seattle Art Museumʹs Olympic Sculpture Park, they are making their mark on the national scene in the US, and their particular talent for place making is being widely recognised. Jayne Merkel talks with partners Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi about that talent and how it developed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords :
Illinois , a chameleon section , Museum of Earth , Wood batons and wood plywood sheets , Paleontological Research Institution , Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer , New York , a gradient of translucency and transparency and colour , Womenיs Memorial and Education Center at Arlington National Cemetery , Northampton , Seattle Art Museum , glass-walled structure , Barnard College Nexus arts centre , Washington , Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi , Smith College Campus Center , Olympic Sculpture Park , Mead & White , Columbia University , transparent exhibition pavilion , Romaldo Giurgola , Architecture is experienced through movement , Mark Dionיs Vivarium , Mitchell Giurgola in New York , New York , Richard Serraיs 23-metre (75-foot) long Wake , the act of construction clarifies distinct aspects of a setting , Elm Street , Washington DC , Massachusetts , Seattle , Louis I Kahn , driven by sections , Groundswell:Constructing the Contemporary Landscape , Olympia Fields Park and Community Center in South Chicago , Olmsted Brothers , Ithaca , acid-edged colour integral glass , McKim , Barnard College , Z-shaped path
