Amy Weinstein
Amy Weinstein is an American architect. Her work has gained attention for its attention to the visual appeal of faceted, polychrome detail while maintaining a modernist sensibility. Her buildings characteristically feature multicolored facades, elaborately worked railings, or bricks arranged in bold patterns.
Amy Weinstein
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- United States
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania School of Design
- Teachers
- Robert Venturi
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Amy Weinstein is an American architect. Her work has gained attention for its attention to the visual appeal of faceted, polychrome detail while maintaining a modernist sensibility. Her buildings characteristically feature multicolored facades, elaborately worked railings, or bricks arranged in bold patterns.
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She is known for her buildings in Washington, D.C, which are concentrated in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Weinstein grew up in Somerset, Maryland. She earned her M.A. in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Her first professional job was as an architect was in Robert Venturi's firm. She next worked for the Washington D.C. firm Abel & Weinstein, where her architect father, Jesse Weinstein, was a partner. She later joined the firm of her husband, architect Phil Esocoff. In October, 2015, the couple closed their boutique firm and joined the Washington office of the international design firm Gensler.
Notable buildings
Notable buildings
• Townhomes on Capitol Hill (Ellen Wilson Dwellings), a mixed-income development replacing the abandoned Ellen Wilson public housing project, noted for its contextual echoing of the form and polychrome brick of the neighborhood's traditional town houses. • 700 Penn, a mixed-use development on Pennsylvania Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, combining residential, office and retail use between 7th and 8th streets SE, and between Pennsylvania and C Street, SE. • Hine Junior High School, 7th Street SE, Washington D.C.
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- 1.Hurley, Amanda kolson. Amy Weinstein's New Eastern Market Building Is Exuberantly Victorian. Washington City Paper. 12 September 2014.
- 2.Mencimer, Stephanie. Building Blocks Architect Amy Weinstein Is Redesigning Capitol Hill One Block at a Time. Washington City Paper. 25 October 1996.
- 3.Rothstein, Ethan. Power Couple Closes Boutique, Joins Gensler. BizNow. 1 October 2015.
- 4.Cernovitz, David. The new year brings changes to the top of Gensler's D.C. office. Washington Business Journal. 5 January 2016.
- 5.Schulberg, Jessica. Built to replace Ellen Wilson housing project, townhouses are a mixed-income model. Washington Post. 3 November 2013.
- 6.Goldchain, Michelle. 8 notable D.C. buildings and spaces designed by female architects. Curbed. 8 March 2017.
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