Morphosis - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8997603388 ISBN 13: 9788997603381

Publisher: Equal Books, 2015

Synopsis

M presents a selection of new international work out of the renowned L.A. and N.Y. based architecture studio, Morphosis, led by Pritzker-Prize winner Thom Mayne. Covering nearly a decade of visionary research and design, the eighteen buildings and masterplans include the award-winning Perot Museum of Nature and Science as well as previously-unpublished projects. The volume’s extensive catalog of rigorous drawings and model-making techniques build on the firm’s legacy of innovative representation in architecture. With foreword by Thom Mayne.

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Review

'This hefty volume offers full-page photographs for the most part. Smaller images and beautiful lucid drawings are pictured against fields of white or, more often, black. No fuss, no frills, no text. Explanatory remarks at the back of the book are in the form of an essay by Thom Mayne, who has single-handedly headed the office since the departure of Michael Rotondi in 1992. The title of the essay is ‘Not Neutral’, and finding a better description of these designs would be impossible.' (Bonnie van Breukelen, FRAME, The Netherlands (published in English))

'This latest book, exquisitely produced by Phaidon...What can a book offer that can possibly compare with seeing the buildings for real? Here, despite the photographic glitz and artifice, is a provocative attempt to bring the buildings to life for those of us who can't be there.' (Elain Harwood, Architects' Journal)

'It’s the first-ever complete collected Morphosis, a firm that has its roots in the industrial vernacular.' (Metropolitan Home)

'This handsome pictorial survey of [Morphosis’s] 35 completed buildings and installations offer a thrilling ride through structures that tilt, fold, cantilever, and seem to defy gravity.' (LA Architect)

'The monumental work of Thom Mayne has long been overdue for a big coffee-table book, and Phaidon is happy to deliver.' (Dwell)

About the Author

Thom Mayne co-founded Morphosis in Los Angeles in 1972 and is now the firm's sole principal. He has received 39 American Institute of Architects awards and numerous other design honours. He is currently a faculty member of the School of the Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Val K Warke is Associate Professor of Architecture at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Equal Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 8997603388
• ISBN 13: 9788997603381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 472