WEISS / MANFREDI to Design Kent State's New, $40 Million Architecture Building

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WEISS / MANFREDI has been announced as winner of the international competition to design a new College of Architecture and Environmental Design for Kent State University in Ohio. The New York-based practice, in collaboration with the local architect of record Richard L. Bowen & Associates, was one of four national finalists selected from a competitive list of 37 applicants.

The winning proposal, dubbed the Kent State Design Loft, transforms the notion of a continuous studio loft into a three-tiered structure that opens to the city, connects to the public esplanade and surrounding landscape, and provides an abundance of creatively designed, flexible learning spaces that can be easily transformed to accommodate design crits, exhibitions and events.

“We are captivated by the potential for this project to become an innovative incubator for the arts and an internationally legible destination for the University,” said Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi.

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Cite: Karissa Rosenfield. "WEISS / MANFREDI to Design Kent State's New, $40 Million Architecture Building" 02 Apr 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/353725/weiss-manfredi-to-design-kent-states-new-40-million-architecture-building> ISSN 0719-8884

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