Yann Weymouth is a

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-based architect and the designer of the

Salvador Dalí Museum The Salvador Dalí Museum is an art museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, dedicated to the works of Salvador Dalí. It is located on the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront by 5th Avenue Southeast, Bay Shore Drive, and Dan Wheldon Wa ...

. Early in his career, he served as chief of design for

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on the Grand Louvre Project in Paris.

Career

After graduating from

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in 1963 and MIT School of Architecture in 1966, Weymouth worked as chief of design for

I.M. Pei Ieoh Ming Pei
– website of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ( ; ; April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was ...

on the National Gallery of Art East Wing, Washington, D.C and as the chief of design for I.M. Pei on the Grand Louvre Project in Paris. In 1989, the year the Grand

Louvre Pyramid The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard ( Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three small ...

opened, ''

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'' named Weymouth one of its Men of the Year. French President Francois Mitterrand honored Weymouth for his role, awarding him the “Chevalier” (Knight) of the “Ordre National du Mérite”. Weymouth was elevated to “Officier” (Officer) in 2012. Weymouth then worked for Arup, SOM and

Arquitectonica Arquitectonica is an international architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and urban planning design firm headquartered in Miami, Florida’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. The firm also has offices in ten other cities throughout ...

. From early 2001 to 2013, Weymouth served as senior vice president, design director, and worldwide design board member for Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) Architects. He designed The Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Experiential Music at the University of Miami in Florida, intended to be the first LEED Platinum structures at the university. He designed the Salvador Dali Museum in Florida.Carl Crona
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August 27, 2010 Gulf Coast Business Review He designed expansions, renovations and master plan of the

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the official state art museum of Florida, located in Sarasota, Florida. It was established in 1927 as the legacy of Mable Burton Ringling and John Ringling for the people of Florida. Florida State Univ ...

and Cultural Complex in Sarasota and the

Museum of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg, Florida) History The MFA was founded by art collector and philanthropist Margaret Acheson Stuart (1896–1980). The Margaret Acheson Stuart Society, the Museum's independent support organization, is named in her honor. The city provided the four-a ...

Hazel Hough Wing.

Louvre Notebooks

Weymouth has kept notebooks of his work on the Louvre. In 1992, the

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and American Architectural Foundation exhibited ''Yann Weymouth Louvre Notebooks'' at The Octagon, Washington, D.C. In 2009, to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Louvre Pyramid, the

Musee du Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

and

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co-published the book ''I.M. Pei and the Louvre Pyramid'' by Philip Jodidio and with sketches by Weymouth.

Personal life

He is the older brother of

Tina Weymouth Martina Michèle Weymouth (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club, which she co-founded with her husband, Tal ...

, the bassist for the art-rock band

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from 1974 to 1991, the son of Ralph Weymouth and the great-grandson of

Anatole Le Braz Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (2 April 1859 – 20 March 1926), was a Breton poet, folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm. Biography Le B ...

. His mother was an immigrant from France of Breton descent and his father was American. Yann Weymouth married journalist and editor Lally Graham in 1963; they divorced in 1969. They had two children:

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, who was the publisher for ''

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'', and Pamela, a former writer for ''

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''. In 1988 Weymouth married Susana Pola; they have a son, Wells Weymouth.

References

External links

Interview about Dali museum
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