I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more.
The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art. - Thom Mayne
The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.
- Thom Mayne
Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work. - Thom Mayne
Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work.
I'm interested in conflict and confrontation. - Thom Mayne
I'm interested in conflict and confrontation.
Architecture is a discipline that takes time and patience. If one spends enough years writing complex novels one might be able, someday, to construct… - Thom Mayne
Architecture is a discipline that takes time and patience. If one spends enough years writing complex novels one might be able, someday, to construct…
The multiplicity of ideas is what Im interested in. - Thom Mayne
The multiplicity of ideas is what Im interested in.
Architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to c… - Thom Mayne
Architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to c…
My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness. - Thom Mayne
My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.
You can't make anything authentic by asking people what they want because they don't know what they want. That's what they're looking at you for. - Thom Mayne
You can't make anything authentic by asking people what they want because they don't know what they want. That's what they're looking at you for.
The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks… - Thom Mayne
The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks…
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