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essay by Thom Mayne ; with commentary by Val Warke.
- 287 p. ill. ;col. ;plans. ; 30 cm. book
Include Bibliography
Hypo Alpe-Adria Center, Klagenfurt, Austria, 1996-2001 -- University of Toronto Graduate Student Housing, Toronto, Canada, 1996-2000 -- Diamond Ranch High School, Pomona, California, USA, 1993-2000 – International Elementary School, Long Beach. Los Angeles, California, USA, 1999 -- NAI Exhibit, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1999 -- Tsunami, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 1999 -- Lutece, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2000 -- ASE Design Center, Taipei, Taiwan, 1997 -- SHR Perceptual Management, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, 1998 -- FJC, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1995 -- Ove Arup and Partners, Los Angeles, California, 1993 -- Sun Tower, Seoul, Korea, 1997 -- Salick Healthcare, 8201, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1991 -- Salick Healthcare, 8150, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1995 -- CCC, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1988 -- Landa residence, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1997 -- Blades residence, Santa Barbara, California, USA, 1995 -- Crawford Residence, Montecito, California, USA, 1990 -- EXPO 90 Gatehouse, Osaka, Japan, 1990 -- Store no. 2, Portland, Oregon and Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1990 -- Store No. 1, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1987 -- Vecta No. 1, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1989 -- Vecta no. 2, New York, USA, 1986 -- “Three Houses”, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1989 -- 6th Street Residence, Santa Monica, California, USA, 1988 -- Club Post Nuclear, Laguna Beach, California, USA, 1988 -- Kate Mantilini, Berverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1986 -- Leon Max Showroom, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1986 -- Venice III, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1982 -- Lawrence Residence, Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1980 -- Angeli, Hollywood, California, USA, 1984 -- 72 Market Street, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1983 -- Sedlack Residence, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1980 -- 2-4-6-8, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1978 -- Delmer Residence, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1976 --
Thom Mayne, the founder and principal of the Los Angeles-based firm Morphosis, is one of the most influential architects of his generation practicing today. After completing several residential projects and renovations in the late 1970s Morphosis first gained widespread recognition in the architecture world in the early 1980s with the design of high-profile restaurants in the Los Angeles area. The firm's non-Cartesian forms, beautifully executed sculptural models, and complex computer-generated drawings helped to usher in a new era of architectural experimentation and have made Mayne a highly sought-after teacher and lecturer." "This book publishes for the first time all of Morphosis's completed work showcasing 35 buildings and installations in bold documentary-style color photographs with selected plans and drawings. The work ranges from the firm's early residential and restaurant projects in Los Angeles to its most recent work beyond California and the United States in Canada, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Austria. This monograph is the first to document all of the key built works by Morphosis, a Los Angeles-based practice headed by Thom Mayne and one of the most influential architecture firms of the past 20 years. Morphosis' unconventional geometries, beautifully executed, sculptural models and complex, computer-generated drawings stimulated a new era of architectural experimentation in the early 1980s. This book consists of bold, documentary-style colour photographs of 35 completed buildings presented in an almost cinematic layout, and publishes for the first time together all of Morphosis' completed work in its entirety: from the early residential and restaurant projects in Los Angeles to the most up-to-the-minute large-scale work beyond California and the United States in Canada, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Austria. Mayne's oeuvre is characterized by intellectual rigour and artistic vigour, both of which this monograph captures with combined clarity and flair.