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Weiss\/Manfredi selected to lead master plan of La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles.<\/span>
Rendering courtesy Weiss\/Manfredi<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Architecture firm Weiss\/Manfredi<\/a> will lead the master-planning team that is reimagining the world-renowned La Brea Tar Pits for the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County<\/a> (NHMLAC).<\/p>\n

The team will work with NHMLAC on a multi-year process of public engagement, master planning, design, and construction at the Tar Pits\u2019 5-ha (13-acre) campus, which encompasses the world\u2019s only active paleontological research site in a major urban area, its asphalt seeps, surrounding parkland, and the George C. Page Museum building.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur \u2018Loops and Lenses\u2019 concept creates new connections between the museum and the park, between science and culture, and envisions the entire site as an unfolding place of discovery,\u201d said Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, principals at Weiss\/Manfredi. \u201cWe are thrilled to begin work with Bettison-Varga [president of NHMLAC] and NHMLAC to rejuvenate the Tar Pits and the museum and carry them into the future and into the public imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n

NHMLAC chose Weiss\/Manfredi\u2019s team through an international search process where three finalists were selected<\/a> based on the overall quality and character of their response to a request for information (ROI), their conceptual approach to the project, and their previous experience and team strength, along with interviews and references.<\/p>\n

Weiss\/Manfredi\u2019s multidisciplinary team includes Los Angeles-based experiential designer Karin Fong of Imaginary Forces<\/a>, horticulturalist and expert in water conservation and California ecology, Robert Perry of Perry and Associates Collaborative<\/a>, La Brea-educated paleobotanist Carole Gee, naturalist and artist Mark Dion, and designer Michael Bierut of Pentagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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