Morphosis, Vol. 3: Buildings and Projects, 1993-1997

by Thom Mayne, Anthony Vidler (Introduction), Tony Robins

One of the few truly visionary architects of large-scale commissions working today, Thom Mayne’s influential firm Morphosis, founded in the early 1970s, has maintained an avant-garde presence among contemporary architecture firms, even as it has garnered high-profile, big-budget commissions from around the world. Since Rizzoli published Volume I of the Morphosis series in 1989, the Los Angeles–based firm has continued to push its intricate modernism into new territories. In the tradition of its four visually groundbreaking predecessors, this fifth volume packs 500 illustrations into a comprehensive tour of Morphosis’s activity. New works covered in Volume V include Cal Trans Headquarters in Los Angeles (2004); the San Francisco Federal Office building (2006); the Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon (2006); and the University of Cincinnati Student Recreation Center (2006). Projects in progress, such as the New Academic Building for the Cooper Union in New York (expected completion 2008) and the Phare Tower for La Defense, France (2012), will also be featured.


From the Hardcover edition.

Genres: Architecture

456 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 1990

About the author

Thom Mayne is an American architect. He is based in Los Angeles. In 1972, Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where he is a trustee and the coordinator of the Design of Cities postgraduate program. Since then he has held teaching positions at SCI-Arc, the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is principal of Morphosis Architects, an architectural firm based in Culver City, California and New York City, New York. Mayne received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in March 2005.

Reviews

[Sonntag · Rating 1 out of 5]

I Wish I have More Hands-

This book marked the end of two consecutive respectable series of Morphosis monographs by Rizzoli. The amount of bad graphics and intellectual pretentiousness can easily make a person gag. The worst thing was the firm completed some great projects at that time but you couldn't see them because they are clouded by ugly Form Z models and meaningless yet distracting text. I give this book two thumbs down, and that's because I only have two hands, unfortunately...



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