LONGWOOD GARDENS ANNOUNCES WEISS/MANFREDI LED REVITALIZATION

FEBRUARY 18, 2021- Today, Longwood Gardens unveiled plans for the transformation of its conservatory gardens, the most ambitious revitalization in a century of America's greatest center for horticultural display. Led by WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, in collaboration with landscape architects Reed Hilderbrand, the project adds new plantings and buildings across 17-acres. The project will expand the public spaces of the renowned central grounds and connect them from east to west, offering a newly unified but continually varied journey from lush formal gardens to views across the open meadows of Pennsylvania's Brandywine Valley.

Highlights of the project include a new WEISS/MANFREDI designed 32,000-square-foot glasshouse, a restaurant overlooking the Main Fountain Garden, an education and administration building with views of the conservatory, and the relocation of The Cascade Garden into an all-new, 3,800-square-foot glasshouse-- the only garden in North ... more

WEISS / MANFREDI SELECTED TO REIMAGINE FORMER JAIL ON THE TRINITY RIVER IN DALLAS

AUGUST 20, 2020- Trinity Park Conservancy in Dallas, Texas announced today the selection of WEISS/MANFREDI as design architect to bring new life to the former Jesse R. Dawson State Jail at 106 West Commerce Street. Dallas-based Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects (MMDA) will serve as the local architect. The project team will work with the Conservancy to integrate the building and its surrounding neighborhoods into Harold Simmons Park (Park), the planned 200+ acre park designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) along the Trinity River, connecting downtown Dallas to West and South Dallas.

"We are inspired by the potential of 106 W Commerce to create a dynamic community destination and gateway to Harold Simmons Park, and are thrilled to begin work with the Trinity Park Conservancy, the Dallas community, and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates to create an open and inviting civic hub for the Park and its surrounding communities," said Marion Weiss and Michael Manfre... more