2026 Sovern Lecture On Design: Marion Weiss & Michael Manfredi

Don’t miss the 2026 Sovern Lecture on Design, as Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi present “Drifting Symmetries: Projects and Provocations.”

Weiss and Manfredi’s award-winning firm WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, is a New York City–based multidisciplinary practice. Notable projects include the Olympic Sculpture Park at the Seattle Art Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, and Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park.

In an era when the dual challenges of climate change and social isolation loom large, the lecture explores architecture’s role in shaping a sustainable and connected future. The lecture introduces their new book, “Drifting Symmetries”, and will include WEISS/MANFREDI’s recent work which blurs the boundaries between architecture, landscape, infrastructure in response to environmental and social challenges.