M : MMM / Thom Mayne, Morphosis

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayne, Thom, author, architect.

Contributor:

Morphosis Architects, architect.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morphosis Architects.

Architectural models.

Architectural design.

Architecture--United States--History--21st century.

Architecture--United States--History--20th century.

Architecture.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered preliminary pages, 1000 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

MMM

M³

M³ : MMM : modeled works, [archive] 1978-2022

Modeled works, [archive] 1978-2022

Other title on cover: MMM : Thom Mayne, Morphosis : model works, [archive] 1978-2022

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, CA : Stray Dog Café ; New York, NY : in association with Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2022.

Summary:

The work of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne and that of the firm Morphosis at its most pure is best seen in the models that preceded the buildings, masterworks made at scale, for the first time comprehensively gathered--and shown here. Thom Mayne is a deeply theoretical and conceptual architect whose built work and that of the firm 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 offers, for the first 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 office 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 firm. It features small-scale dwellings, such as the early and award-winning 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, commercial and office buildings, parks, and green space in Chengdu, China.

Contents:

Ningbo Oceanside Pavilions

Qianhai International Financial Education Center

Jinhua Ai-Qing Poetry Culture Center

Yangtze River International Conference Center

Korean American National Museum

University of Illinois at Chicago Center for the Arts

Vanke Center

UNSW Student Academic Administrative Building

Unicorn Island Master Plan

Tencent Dachan Bay

8850 Sunset

Kuwait Embassy in DC

Hsinta Ecological Powerplant

Orange County Museum of Art

7132 Hotel and Arrival

Sejong M-Bridge

New US Embassy in Beirut

Hanking Center

Quay Quarter Sydney

Beijing Sports Park

Kolon One&Only Tower

Casablanca Finance City Tower

101 Murray Street

China Construction Bank Headquarters

Cornell Tech Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Center

Lawrence Tech Taubman Complex

Die Angewadte Addition

Vialia Vigo

Suhe Creek Park

Bocconi University Campus

Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Essence Financial Tower

Chengdu Financial District Master Plan

Eni Headquarters in San Donato Milanese

National Art Museum of China

Bankmed Headquarters II

Smithsonian Institution Arts and Industries Building

Columbia Medical Center

Cornel University Bill and Melinda Gates Hall

New US Embassy in London

Emerson College Los Angeles

Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Taipei Performing Arts Center

Seoul Performing Arts Center

King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center

Kuala Lumpur Towers

Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum

New Orleans National Jazz Center

Phare Tower

University of Chicago Center for Creative and Performing Arts

Herald Examiner Residential Tower

Giant Interactive Group Corporate Headquarters

Burj Al Maydan

Caltech Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics

The Cooper Union 41 Cooper Square

NYC2012 Olympic Village

Penang Turf Club Master Plan

Pudong Cultural Park

European Central Bank

Hypo Alpe-Adria Zagreb Center

Madrid Public Housing

World Trade Center

NOAA Satellite Operation Facility

BMW Event and Delivery Center

Rensselaer Electronic Media and Performing Arts Center

Cornell University School of Architecture

Caltrans District 7 Headquarters

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Children's Museum of Los Angeles

Copenhagen (Hippcampus)

San Francisco Federal Building

University of Cincinnati Student Recreation Center

New City Park

Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse

Alessi Teapot

Silent Collisions

Palenque Centro

Rockwell Collins

Lutèce

101 Pedestrian Bridge

Hypo Alpe-Adria Center

Rockledge

The Past is Not Where I Left It

Junipero Serra Shrine

ASE Visitor CenterSun Tower

Landa Residence

Diamond Ranch High School

Wagramerstrasse Housing

Dr. Theodore Alexander Science Center School

Frankfurt Waste Management Facility

Tours Cultural Arts Center

Spreebogen International Design Competition

Cranbrook Academy Gatehouse

Blades Residence

American Business Center

Nara Convention Center

Yuzen Vintage Car Museum

Higashi Azabu Office Building

Disney Institute and Town Center Competition

Chiba Golf Club

Vienna Expo '95 Competition

Postsdamer Platz Urban Design Competition

MTV Studios

London Docklands Tower

Paris Expo Architecture et Utopie Competition

Osaka Expo '90 Folly

Los Angeles Artspark Performing Arts Pavilion

Princeton Humanities Building

Emery Performing Arts Center

Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek

Lifeguard Tower

Berlin Wall

Was Residence

Crawford Residence

Malibu House

6th Street House

Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center

Hamburger Stand

Kate Mantilini

Lawrence Residence

72 Market Street Restaurant

Venice III

Hermosa Beach Central Business District

Vietnam War Memorial

Cohen Residence

Flores Residence

Sedlack Residence

Mexico House II.

Notes:

Alphabet letter "M" cut through pages of the book, from cover page to all preliminary pages.

ISBN:

9780847872756

0847872750

OCLC:

1343159082