National Building Museum and Metropolis Magazine contributor Andrew Caruso recently sat down with AIA Gold Medalist Thom Mayne to talk about the early days of his career and the major design school, public projects, and trajectory of work that followed. Thom talks innovation, politics, education… and about debunking his reputation as the “bad boy” of architecture. — metropolismag.com
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Not a very good interview. Asking for the beginnings and operative years of Morphosis and not once inquiring about Michael Rotondi? He was pretty much one of the most important component of Morphosis development and its image. Architectural journalism on its knees at best. And Thom, c'mon man...
Yup, thats exactly what I thought, Orhan. Its too bad that stardom and honesty do not like each other most of the time...
I always liked Morphosis back in the day. It seemed like one of the few starchitects who thought inspiring affection was a positive attribute. I also really like his statement that...
"I’d be the first one to say it, and I guess I’m an icon maker. It’s not always appropriate. There are times when you need buildings with power, buildings that have a voice and talk optimistically about the potential of what architecture can be. But only certain projects demand that, and they’re mostly public projects."
Now if one of the great object makers admits this, how can we translate this value into archtitectural education without descending into another ideological battle.
Architecture is inherently ideological.
"Architecture is inherently ideological." Maybe for you, but not for most people, and definatly not for me.
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