Morphosis, Architecture, California, America, Buildings, Images, Projects, Designs

Morphosis Architecture - USA : Information + Images

Contemporary Architecture Practice led by Thom Mayne, Los Angeles

Morphosis Architects - Building News Perot Museum of Nature & Science, Dallas, USA 2009- image : Morphosis Perot Museum of Nature & Science 41 Cooper Square, New York, USA 2009- image : Morphosis 41 Cooper Square MIPIM's "My Architect(s)" panel discussion 11 Mar - Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid, Thomas Maine & Wolf Prix discuss design and urban planning issues and offer their visions of tomorrow's architectural practices. image : Morphosis New Morphosis Monograph + Website, 4 Mar 2009 Los Angeles Center Emerson College Selects L.A.-Based Morphosis Architects to Design its New Los Angeles Center in Hollywood. 5 Aug 2008 The Phare, Paris, France 2007-12 rendering Unibail-Morphosis Morphosis : Phare Tower Paris Retrospective Exhibition - Pompidou Centre, Paris, France 2006 Morphosis - Key Buildings Designs, chronological: Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse, Eugene, Oregon, USA 2006 Federal building, San Francisco, California 2006 Science Center School, Los Angeles, California 2004 University of Toronto Graduate housing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2000 Diamond Ranch High School, Pomona, California, USA 1999 Morphosis Architects - Buildings Designs, chronological: The Phare, Paris, France 2007-12 Hypo Alpe Adria Bank Headquarters, Zagreb, Croatia - Cooper Union Architecture School, East Village, New York, USA 2006 Recreation Centre - University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2006 San Francisco Federal Courthouse, San Francisco, USA 2006 Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse, Eugene, Oregon, USA 2006 Science Center School, Los Angeles, California, USA 2004 Caltrans District 7 Headquarters, Los Angeles, California, USA 2004 Hypo Alpe-Adria Center, Klagenfurt, Austria 2002 University of Toronto Graduate housing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2000 Diamond Ranch High School, Pomona, California, USA 1999/2000 Sun Tower, Seoul, South Korea 1997 Blades Residence, Santa Barbara, California, USA 1995 Salick Healthcare Office Building, Los Angeles, California, USA 1991 Crawford Residence, Montecito, California, USA 1990 Cedar Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA 1988 6th Street Residence, Santa Monica, California, USA 1988 Kate Mantilini, Beverly Hills, California, USA 1986 More projects by Morphosis online soon

Morphosis - Practice Information

Morphosis Architects
Thom Mayne - Pritzker Prize winner 2005

Morphosis : background on the studio and alphabetical list of buildings

Morphosis are located in Los Angeles, USA
1972, Thom Mayne co-founded Morphosis
Thom Mayne was one of the founders of SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture) in 1972.
Michael Rotondi left Morphosis in 1991 to form RoTo Architects.


photo : Richard Schulman

Thom Mayne - Background to the Architect

Born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1944

Thom Mayne - Education

USC, USA
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA

Thom Mayne – Teaching Positions

Professor at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Morphosis Architects - American buildings

Thom Mayne architect : Pritzker Prize winner 2005

Morphosis Architects - Summary

Formed: 1972
Partners: Thom Mayne & Michael Rotondi
First Building: Pasadena School

Morphosis Architects location: Santa Monica, California, USA

Morphosis - Practice Profile

Morphosis is a collective practice committed to rigorous design and research that yields innovative buildings and urban environments. With permanent offices in Los Angeles and New York City, site offices in Paris and Shanghai, and projects worldwide, the firm's work encompasses a wide range of project types and scales including residential, institutional, cultural and civic buildings as well as large urban planning projects.

The firm engages contemporary society and culture through architectural design and education. We begin every project by asking broad questions; guided by the project itself, we query a wide range of cultural, urban, political, and ecological knowledge to discover ideas that stimulate the relevance and creativity of our designs. Resolution emerges as our understanding of the project allows us to synthesize increasingly complex inputs, ideas, and challenges. We seek design choices that optimize the use of natural resources, human comfort, energy conservation, and sustainability to yield high performance buildings and urban environments. Finally, we arrive at a work that is multivalent, layered, and integrative.

Since its founding, Morphosis has received 25 Progressive Architecture awards, over 90 American Institute of Architects (AIA) awards and numerous other honors in recognition of the firm's innovative work. Morphosis has been the subject of group and solo exhibitions around the world, including, Continuities of the Incomplete, an exhibition of Morphosis's work at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France in 2006. Drawings, functional objects, furniture and models produced by Morphosis are in the permanent collections of institutions including MoMA, New York; SF MoMA, San Francisco; the MAK, Vienna; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; and FRAC Centre, France. Morphosis buildings and projects are published extensively in prominent architectural publications internationally. In collaboration with academic institutions worldwide, the studio has conducted extensive research on contemporary urban issues and has produced a series of publications including LA Now, Volumes One through Four. Morphosis has also been the subject of over 20 monographs, including a 2003 monograph from Phaidon, and 5 volumes published by Rizzoli International that span the complete works of the firm.

American Architects

Morphosis Architects exhibition - Pompidou Centre Paris

Architecture Studios

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