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Sustainable structures from New York-based architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi. Weiss/Manfredi is a New York-based multi-disciplinary architecture firm renowned for its innovative integration of architecture, art, infrastructure, and landscape design. Founded by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, the firm has carved a niche for itself with a dynamic, ecological approach to public spaces and structures. With a portfolio spanning the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, their work is celebrated for its seamless blend of natural and built environments. Drifting Symmetries explores Weiss/Manfredi's design philosophy, showcasing both their own work and iconic case studies throughout history that have informed their commitment to sustainable, responsive architecture that enlivens public space and engages the community. More than five hundred and fifty images are supplemented with texts by the firm's founding partners Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi. Contributions from some of the leading voices in contemporary architecture, including Thom Mayne, Meejin Yoon, Sarah M. Whiting, Xu Tiantian, Nader Tehrani, Hashim Sarkis, Hilary Sample, Rahul Mehrotra, Paul Lewis, Andrea Leers, David Leatherbarrow, Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu, Walter Hood, Mauricio Pezo & Sofia von Ellrichshausen, Edward Eigen, Charles L. Davis II, James Corner, Tatiana Bilbao, and Barry Bergdoll, round out this beautiful book.
Drifting Symmetries: Projects, Provocations, and Other Enduring Models by Weiss/Manfredi
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Sustainable structures from New York-based architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi. In an era when the dual challenges of climate change and social isolation loom large, Drifting Symmetries emerges as a pivotal exploration of architecture's role in shaping a sustainable and connected future. Weiss/Manfredi's groundbreaking work transcends the boundaries between landscape, infrastructure, and architecture by reinventing sites in response to environmental and social challenges. Presented in this comprehensive volume of projects and parallel research, their work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach that invents new settings for public life by exploring the gradient between nature and architecture. Featuring Weiss/Manfredi's most acclaimed built works alongside historical precedents and insights from Thom Mayne, Barry Bergdoll, Walter Hood, Nader Tehrani, Tatiana Bilbao, James Corner, Meejin Yoon, Rahul Mehrotra, Hashim Sarkis, Sarah Whiting, and many others, Drifting Symmetries is more than a showcase of projects; it's a manual for expanding the terrain of contemporary architecture to construct more resilient settings for contemporary life.
Description
Sustainable structures from New York-based architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi. In an era when the dual challenges of climate change and social isolation loom large, Drifting Symmetries emerges as a pivotal exploration of architecture's role in shaping a sustainable and connected future. Weiss/Manfredi's groundbreaking work transcends the boundaries between landscape, infrastructure, and architecture by reinventing sites in response to environmental and social challenges. Presented in this comprehensive volume of projects and parallel research, their work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach that invents new settings for public life by exploring the gradient between nature and architecture. Featuring Weiss/Manfredi's most acclaimed built works alongside historical precedents and insights from Thom Mayne, Barry Bergdoll, Walter Hood, Nader Tehrani, Tatiana Bilbao, James Corner, Meejin Yoon, Rahul Mehrotra, Hashim Sarkis, Sarah Whiting, and many others, Drifting Symmetries is more than a showcase of projects; it's a manual for expanding the terrain of contemporary architecture to construct more resilient settings for contemporary life.
ISBN
9783038603788
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Publication Date
January 19, 2025
Binding
Hardcover
Item Condition
New
Language
English
Pages
484
Keywords
Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms | Monographs; Architecture | Landscape
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