Comments on: Portrait of a Working Marriage

Portrait of a Working Marriage

ocherdraco — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:09:05 -0800

"I don't distinguish the difference between work and play," says Liz Diller. "My husband and I are very obsessed with our work, and it's contiguous with our personal lives." Liz Diller and Ric Scofidio aren't only some of the most visible architects of contemporary urban public space; they're also married to each other. Perhaps the most high profile couple in a profession that seems to be particularly conducive to this kind of working marriage, Diller and Scofidio (and, now, their partner/tie-breaker Charles Renfro) have in recent years collaborated on projects including heavy-use public structures like the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston (review), and Alice Tully Hall (review) and the High Line park (review) in New York, as well as more whimsical projects like the Blur building for Swiss Expo 2002 at Lake Neuchatel, and Arbores Laetae ("Joyful Trees") at the 2008 Liverpool Biennial. The architects talk to FLYP magazine about their marriage and to Charlie Rose about their work.

By: intermod

intermod — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:06:29 -0800

Institute for Contemporary Art, Alice Tully Hall and the High Line? That's creepy -- those are precisely the last three architectural projects that I sought out during travels this year. Thanks ocherdraco!

By: vertigo25

vertigo25 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:42:21 -0800

Oh yeah? Let's see 'em design a chair that becomes an icon! :)

By: grobstein

grobstein — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:50:16 -0800

a profession that seems to be particularly conducive to this kind of working marriage A grade-school friend had architect-partner parents; they're actually in the inset in the Times story. They had a sweet loft on top of Carnegie Hall!

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:09:38 -0800

"...distinguish the difference" Uh... that don't sound right.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:32:14 -0800

(Go on, ask me how they got there.)

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:31:09 -0800

They had a sweet loft on top of Carnegie Hall! (Go on, ask me how they got there.) I'd say "they practiced", but it's more likely they were born with a silver spoon in their mouth, you know what I'm saying?