M3: Morphosis Model Monograph

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MORPHOSIS MODEL MONOGRAPH

THOM MAYNE AND MORPHOSIS

The work of Pritzker Prize–winning architect Thom Mayne and that of the rm Morphosis at its most pure is best seen in the models that preceded the buildings, masterworks made at scale, for the rst time comprehensively gathered—and shown here.

Thom Mayne is a deeply theoretical and conceptual architect whose built work and that of the rm Morphosis can be seen worldwide. On the cutting edge of exploration and discovery in design, the architecture is marked by complexity, disruption, ambiguity, and power. In each case, prior to the building came the model, which may serve as a key to understanding and appreciation; models express purely the basis of Mayne’s theory and intention. This volume oers, for the rst time ever, an exhaustive look at the models upon which all the rest has been built, and is, as well, an essential history of the work of Mayne and Morphosis. A forty-plus-year oce retrospective and a love letter to models, their process and concepts, and those that made them, the book considers at once the evolution of the model and that of the work of the rm. It features small-scale dwellings, such as the early and awardwinning Sedlack Residence in Venice, California—a single room and study set atop a one-car garage—to Unicorn Island, a mixed-use master plan including a transit station, university campus, commerical and oce buildings, parks, and green space in Chengdu, China.

In addition to models never before documented, the book includes outside commentary from architecture historians, critics, and practicing architects, such as Kenneth Frampton, Steven Holl, and Wolf Prix.

Architect and educator Thom Mayne is co–founding principal of the firm Morphosis. He received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in March 2005.

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1008 pages, 6½ x 9½" 1500 illustrations Hardcover • 9780847872756 $50.00 USD, $67.50 CAD, £36.95 GBP October 11, 2022 Rights: World

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