Posts Tagged ‘Yann Weymouth’

5 Questions with Yann Weymouth

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Today I have the honor to bring to you some lesser known facts about one of HOK’s most world renowned architects.  A senior vice president in HOK’s Tampa office, Yann Weymouth is capable of supernova design – he worked with I.M. Pei on the famous Louvre glass pyramid in Paris, among other high-profile museum projects, including the entirely new, waterfront building for the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.  Chances are, you have experienced one of the places that he designed and now, once you read this interview, you will be one step closer in your six degrees of separation from one of the generation’s …

One Degree of Separation: The Talking Heads and HOK

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Lately, on the drive to preschool, I’ve been subjecting the Coolest Girl in the World to the Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense on the car stereo. I still remember being blown away by Jonathan Demme’s concert film of the same name. She tells me to turn it up and I think, 25 years later, it sounds better than ever. But I still wonder: Why the big suit?

I recently learned that Talking Heads co-founder and bassist Tina Weymouth (watch her shine here) is the sister of Yann Weymouth, a design director in HOK in Florida who worked on …

From Architect to Artist: Andrew Reach Comes ‘Full Circle’ at Frost Museum

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When a debilitating spine disease forced Andrew Reach to retire from the architectural career he loved in 2005, he feared his contributions to the Patricia and Philip Frost Art Museum in Miami might be his final creation ever.

Thankfully, he was wrong.

The fruits of Andrew’s new artistic journey are showcased in an exhibition as part of the museum’s grand opening. Titled “Full Circle,” the exhibition features intricate digital paintings Andrew creates using a mouse as his paintbrush and Photoshop as his palette.

To call it a dream come true would be an understatement.

“I’m so humbled and so honored to be featured in the building I helped create,” he …