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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 Meejin Yoon, Xu Tiantian, Nader Tehrani, Bridgette Shim, Rahul Mehrotra, Thom Mayne, Paul Lewis, David Leatherbarrow, Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu, Walter Hood, Mauricio Pezo & Sofia Von Ellrichshausen, Edward Eigan, Charles L. Davis II, James Corner, Tatiana Bilbao, and Barry Bergdoll, round out this beautiful book.

About the Author

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Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi are cofounders of Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism based in New York City. Weiss is also the Graham Chair Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Manfredi is also a senior design critic at Harvard Graduate School of Design. 

Eric Bellin is an assistant professor of architecture at Thomas Jefferson University’s College of Architecture and the Built Environment.