WEISS/MANFREDI SELECTED TO LEAD MASTER PLAN OF LA BREA TAR PITS

December 11, 2019- WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism has been selected to lead the master planning team to reimagine the world renowned La Brea Tar Pits. The team will work with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) on a multi-year process of public engagement, master planning, design and construction on the Tar Pits' 13-acre campus, which encompasses the world's only active paleontological research site in a major urban area, its asphalt seeps, surrounding parkland, and the George C. Page Museum building.

"There is truly no place in the world as magical as the La Brea Tar Pits," said design partners Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi. "We and our team are deeply honored and grateful for this once-in-a lifetime opportunity to reveal the multiple identities of the Tar Pits, the Museum, and Hancock Park."

WEISS/MANFREDI's 'Loops and Lenses' concept creates new connections between the museum and the park, between science and cu... more

WEISS/MANFREDI SELECTED TO LEAD MASTER PLAN OF LA BREA TAR PITS

December 11, 2019- WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism has been selected to lead the master planning team to reimagine the world renowned La Brea Tar Pits. The team will work with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) on a multi-year process of public engagement, master planning, design and construction on the Tar Pits' 13-acre campus, which encompasses the world's only active paleontological research site in a major urban area, its asphalt seeps, surrounding parkland, and the George C. Page Museum building.

"There is truly no place in the world as magical as the La Brea Tar Pits," said design partners Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi. "We and our team are deeply honored and grateful for this once-in-a lifetime opportunity to reveal the multiple identities of the Tar Pits, the Museum, and Hancock Park."

WEISS/MANFREDI's 'Loops and Lenses' concept creates new connections between the museum and the park, between science and cu... more