Leers Weinzapfel Associates Explained

Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects, Inc. is the first women-owned firm in history to win the American Institute of Architects Architecture Firm Award in 2007.^[1] Founded by Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel in 1982, the work of Leers Weinzapfel Associates is known for its design innovation and excellence in the public realm.

Projects

• The Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Expansion of the Harvard Science Center, Harvard University
• Harvard New College Theater/Farkas Hall (formerly Hasty Pudding Club)
• University of Pennsylvania Chiller Plant
• Zachs Hillel House, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (2002) ^[2]
• The John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts (2017)^[3]
• Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas (2019)^[4]

External links

• Leers Weinzapfel Associates

Bibliography

• Book: Made to Measure: The Architecture of Leers Weinzapfel Associates . Andrea Leers . Jane Weinzapfel . Joe Pryse . Josiah Stevenson . Princeton Architectural Press . New Jersey . 2011 . 978-1568989570.
• Szenasy . Susan S. . 8 August 2013 . Q&A: Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel . . 9 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150607164929/http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/August-2013/Q-A-Andrea-Leers-and-Jane-Weinzapfel/ . 7 June 2015 .
• Web site: Women of Architecture: Andrea Leers, FAIA and Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA. National Building Museum. 10 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150329045841/http://www.nbm.org/about-us/national-building-museum-online/women-of-architecture-leers-weinzapfel.html. 29 March 2015. dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Architecture Firm Award Recipients. American Institute of Architects. 9 March 2015.
2. Web site: The Zachs Hillel House by Leers Weinzapfel Associates. 16 March 2010 . Contemporist. 9 March 2015.
3. Web site: John W. Olver Design Building, by Leers Weinzapfel Associates | Architect Magazine.
4. Web site: America's largest mass timber building opens at the University of Arkansas . 25 November 2019 .