Amy Weinstein is an American architect. Her work has gained attention for its attention to the visual appeal of faceted, polychrome detail while maintaining a modernist sensibility. Her buildings characteristically feature multicolored facades, elaborately worked railings, or bricks arranged in bold patterns.^[1]

She is known for her buildings in Washington, D.C., which are concentrated in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.^[1]

Biography

Weinstein grew up in Somerset, Maryland.^[2] She earned her M.A. in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.^[2] Her first professional job was as an architect was in Robert Venturi's firm.^[2] She next worked for the Washington D.C. firm Abel & Weinstein, where her architect father, Jesse Weinstein, was a partner.^[2]

She later joined the firm of her husband, architect Phil Esocoff.^[1] In October, 2015, the couple closed their boutique firm and joined the Washington office of the international design firm Gensler.^[3][4]

Notable buildings

• Townhomes on Capitol Hill (Ellen Wilson Dwellings), a mixed-income development replacing the abandoned Ellen Wilson public housing project, noted for its contextual echoing of the form and polychrome brick of the neighborhood's traditional town houses.^[5][3][2]
• 700 Penn, a mixed-use development on Pennsylvania Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, combining residential, office and retail use between 7th and 8th streets SE, and between Pennsylvania and C Street, SE.^[1]
• Hine Junior High School, 7th Street SE, Washington D.C.^[6]