Weiss Manfredi wins competition to redevelop La Brea Tar Pits

New York studio Weiss Manfredi has beaten competition from Dorte Mandrup and Diller Scofidio + Renfro to develop the park and museum accompanying Los Angeles' historic La Brea Tar Pits.
Weiss Manfredi's design will occupy the active paleontological research centre situated on the eastern portion of Hancock Park and add renovations to the George C Page Museum.
La Brea Tar Pits is a group of asphalt lakes, created from tar that seeped up from the ground over a period of thousands of years, trappin