Their Brasserie throws a light on the distance from Miess's time to our own. Diller and Scofidio specialize in projects that heighten our awareness of our place in history. ButĬustomers will also get a slice of history. This will be a snazzy place, with illuminated glass walls, plastic fixtures and a lavish use of video technology. Diller and Scofidio's updated version offers a salient set of variations on Miesian themes. The Brasserie, famous for its onion soup, 24-hour service and conveyer-belt delivery, was intended as a cut-rate counterpoint to the glittering Four Seasons upstairs. Johnson had just collaborated on the Seagram Building with Mies van der Rohe, Situated in the basement of the Seagram Building, the new Brasserie replaces a restaurant of the same name designed by Philip Johnson in 1959. We'll be lining up this October, when the first restaurant they have designed opens in New York. Even so, many who have followed their work have been hoping that these two would get It's possible that the MacArthur Foundation chose to honor them for developing their practice outside the usual commercial routes. The two have published their own projects in books like "Flesh" and "Back to the Front" and been written about in highbrow Scofidio, 63, is a professor at Cooper Union in New York. Diller, 44, is an associate professor at Princeton University's graduate school Such projects represent a departure for these architects, at least in terms of public recognition. In San Francisco, at Kennedy International Airport and Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. Earlier this year, the pair completed a 100-unit apartment block in Gifu, Japan. In the last year, however, they have expanded their practice beyond these elite venues. Diller and Scofidio are best known for temporary, mixed-media installations, often commissioned by museums and public artįunds. With only a few conventially built projects to their credit, Ms. This is the first time that the coveted award has been presented to architects.Ī rendering of the architects' proposed design for the main dining room of the new Brasserie restaurant at 100 East 53d Street. Who live and practice together in New York, had been awarded a fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation.
Mixed-Media Projects by Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo ScofidioĪst June, American architecture took a giant step into the present with the announcement that Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, two architects.Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio: Updating a Brasserie With Pizazz
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