Richard Weinstein Lecture: Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi
A.UD | 6:30 p.m., Perloff Hall
WEISS/MANFREDI is a multidisciplinary, New York City-based design practice that combines landscape, architecture, infrastructure, and art.
Marion Weiss is the Graham Chair Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design and has also taught design studios at Harvard, and Cornell and was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at Yale. She earned her Master of Architecture from Yale University. In 2017, she received Architectural Record's Women in Architecture Design Leader Award.
Michael A. Manfredi is a Visiting Design Critic at Harvard University, and has also taught design studios at Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton and was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at Yale. He earned his Master of Architecture from Cornell University, where he studied with Colin Rowe. He is a founding board member of the Van Alen Institute and a board member of the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York City.
Weiss and Manfredi are both fellows of the American Institute of Architects and National Academy inductees. Their work has been recognized with the 2018 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture, the Academy Award for Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Architectural League's Emerging Voices Award, the New York AIA Gold Medal, the Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal, and has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Louvre, and the Guggenheim Museum.
This event is presented by the UCLA Department of Architecture & Urban Design.
Event Date: Monday, Nov. 26, 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Perloff Hall, Decafe
Price: Free
Perloff Hall is located in North East Campus, just off Hilgard Ave.
Parking is available in Lot 3.
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