Begoña Diaz-Urgorri Morphosis   Spain   The insertion of landscapes as building element, in both a literal and a figurative sense, prompts to explore different hierarchies and social models during the design process, taking the medieval town as point of reference rather than the modern cit

Morphosis   United States   Ubicado en el centro de Los Ángeles, este edificio aloja las oficinas del Departamento de Transportes de California, conocido como Caltrans, y compite como hito con los cercanos Disney Concert Hall, de Frank Gehry, y con la Catedral de Nuestra Señora

Begoña Diaz-Urgorri Morphosis   Spain   El conjunto nace como fusión de conceptos que se integran en una única solución volumétrica y formal: bloque en altura, tapiz de casas-patio y cubierta paisaje. Una celosía reticular, formada por elementos prefabricados de hormigón, que se extiende t

Morphosis   United States   The duo that until recently formed by Thom Mayne and Michael Rotondi, also known as Morphosis, had been sowing California with complicated (not complex) architectural objects for some years, and they have even crossed the Pacific to leave their mark

Architecture is ideas and forms, but both crystallize through matter. While a building is prefigured in the immaterial geometries of the design, it takes shape in the physical world by means of materials and techniques. The intricate interplay of int

Thom Mayne Architect Thom Mayne won the 2013 AIA Gold Medal, the most important award granted by the American Institute of Architects, and which annually commends the work of professionals with a lasting influence on the theory and practice of archit

Thom Mayne   The eighth American to win the Pritzker was born in Connecticut in 1944, but is Californian by choice. His career began in 1972 with Michael Rotondi. Together they set up Morphosis, an interdisciplinary studio with designers, graphic art

El País   Luis Fernández-Galiano   An appropriate coincidence with the centenary of Ayn Rand, the jury of the Pritzker Prize haselected a Howard Roark of a model architect. The main character of The Fountainhead – played by Gary Cooper in King Vidor’s movie version – is an intransigen

El País   Luis Fernández-Galiano   In the 17th century, Arcangelo Corelli rescued music from the arbitrary contrasts and surprise effects of the stylus phantasticus. In the 21st century, after the scenographic excesses of a ‘fantastic style’ that mixes science fiction with animation,

Thom Mayne   New York  2019  
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