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M3: MORPHOSIS MODEL MONOGRAPH
by THOM MAYNE
Published by Rizzoli International Publications
It was Günther Domenig who spotted Thom Mayne, invited him to be a visiting professor at the Technical University of Graz/Austria and did not rest until Mayne received the commission for the bank building in Klagenfurt in Carinthia.Now the pritzker prize winner from the west coast of the US, who was by no means overwhelmed with commissions at the time, demonstrated impressively what architecture is capable of. That was in the nineties, and at that time he began to shape a style of building that is defined by complex geometric forms, but at the same time visibly provocative in comparison to conventional, often gloomy buildings. In every respect a clear sign, a manifestation of the spirit of radical change. And just now, he published a significant publication on his oeuvre: „M3: MORPHOSIS MODEL MONOGRAPH“.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.
M3: MORPHOSIS MODEL MONOGRAPH
By: THOM MAYNE
Publication Date: February 28, 2023
Format: Hardcover, 1000 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847872756
With whom I share a deep understanding of the power of architecture, the voices of Lebbeus Woods, Michael Sorkin, Günther Domenig, Raimund Abraham, Zaha Hadid, and Henry Cobbare sadly absent in this publication. Their words should be here - I deeply miss each of them.
(Ecerpt from page 968 of M3: MORPHOSIS MODEL MONOGRAPH by THOM MAYNE)
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Also see:
→ Havanna Project: Representing Force
→ Günther Domenig. the exceptional architect
→ Domenig Dimensional Exhibiton (2022): https://www.domenigdimensional.at
→ Obsessions In_Focus, Peter Noever
(with manifestos of Raimund Abraham, Vito Acconci, Günther Domenig, Zaha Hadid, Magdalena Jetelová, Eric Owen Moss, Walter Pichler, Wolf D. Prix, Bernard Rudofsky, James Turrell, Franz West and Lebbeus Woods.)