Fact Summary

Thom Mayne

2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate

Birthdate and Place

         January 19, 1944

         Waterbury, Connecticut

Education

Master of Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design / 1978

Bachelor of Architecture, University of Southern California School of Architecture / 1968

Awards and Honors

Chrysler Design Award of Excellence / 2001

Los Angeles Gold Medal, American Institute of Architects / 2000

Alumni of the Year, University of Southern California / 1995

Brunner Prize or Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters / 1992

Member Elect, American Academy of Design / 1992

Eliel Saarinen Chair, Yale School of Architecture, Yale University / 1991

Elliot Noyes Chair, Harvard University Graduate School of Design / 1988

Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, Italy / 1987

Teaching Positions

Tenured Professor, University of California of Los Angeles / 1993 - Present

Co-founder / Board Member, Southern California Institute of Architecture, 1972 – 1999

Chronology of Works

2004

2000

1995

Works in Progress

2003 

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

1990

1989

Paris Expo Urban Design Proposal / Paris, France

1988

1986

1978

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2002
The Jonathan Club Library Committee / Los Angeles, CA / Morphosis: Creating of Space, Creating of City / May 24
Architecture Gallery, Perloff Hall, UCLA / Los Angeles, CA / LA Now / February 25 – March 22.

2001
Temple University and PSFS / Philadelphia, PA / Morphosis: Current Works / November 8 – December 5

1999
Netherlands Architecture Institute / Rotterdam, The Netherlands / Silent Collisions / September - December

1998
Ministerio de Fomento / Madrid, Spain / Morphosis Obra Completa / December – January
University of Michigan / Ann Arbor, Michigan / University of Toronto Graduate Student Housing / January - March

1997
University of Toronto / Toronto, Canada / University of Toronto Graduate Student Housing / November - December
A.S.E. Design Center / Taipei, Taiwan / Parallel Activities / September - October

1996
Perloff Gallery / UCLA Graduate School of Architecture / Los Angeles, California / Works in Progress / February 8-23
UCLA Extensions / Santa Monica, California / Works in Progress / March 13 - May 16
Texas Technical University / Lubbock, Texas / Silent Collisions / November 1996 – January 1997
University of New Mexico / Albuquerque, New Mexico / Silent Collisions / September - October
University of Tennessee / Nashville, Tennessee / Silent Collisions / January
University of Illinois / Chicago, Illinois / Silent Collisions / February
University of Kansas / Lawrence, Kansas / Silent Collisions / March

1995
Form Zero / Culver City, California / Silent Collisions / April 21 - June 9, 1995
University of Michigan / Detroit, Michigan / Silent Collisions /September 5- October 15
Cornell University / Ithaca, New York / Silent Collisions / November, 1995

1994
Technical University of Krakow / Krakow, Poland / Works in Progress / November 1994

1993
Diane Farris Gallery / Los Angeles, California / Thom Mayne / Morphosis - Drawings and
Prints / May 6 - 25

1992
Sadock & Uzzan Galerie / Paris, France / Thom Mayne, Morphosis on Los Angeles / September 12 - December 5
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture Gallery / Champaign, Illinois / The Chiba Project: A Truce with Nature / September 15 - October 6
I-Space Gallery / Chicago, Illinois / The Chiba Project: A Truce with Nature / November 3 - 18

1991
G201 Gallery / Kent State University School of Architecture and Environmental Design / December 5 - 29
Laguna Art Museum / Laguna, California / Morphosis: Making Architecture / March 28 – June 9

1990
Ballenford Architectural Books / Toronto, Canada / Morphosis 1975-1990 / November 10 - December 30
Gwenda Jay Gallery / Chicago, Illinois / Morphosis Drawings / September 7- November 4
Gallery MA / Tokyo, Japan / Parallel Activities / June 23 - July 30
Fenster Architekturgalerie / Frankfurt, West Germany / August 15 - October
Aedes Galerie and Architecture Forum / Berlin, West Germany / June 20 -August 6
Graham Foundation / Chicago, Illinois / Morphosis Recent Work / May 23 - June 28
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / San Francisco, California / Three Houses / March 2 - May 6

1989
University of Hawaii School of Architecture Gallery / Hawaii / Drawings by Morphosis / October 20 - November 15
Contemporary Arts Center / Cincinnati, Ohio / Morphosis Recent Work / July 20 – September 1
Gallery of Architecture / Los Angeles, California / Tangents and Outtakes / July 1 – September 12
University of California / Los Angeles, California / Morphosis Recent Work
Walker Arts Center / Minneapolis, Minnesota / Three Houses / May 14 - July 23
Cheney Cowles Museum / Spokane, Washington / Morphosis Recent Work / April 12 – June 10

1988
Harvard University / Graduate School of Design / Cambridge, Massachusetts / Morphosis / November 15
2 AES Gallery, Art and Architecture Exhibition Space / San Francisco, California / Morphosis / September 15 - November 17

Selected Group Exhibits

2005
Cityspace / Chicago, IL / New Federal Architecture: The Face of a Nation / January 27 – May 2, 2005

2004
La Biennale di Venezia / Metamorph / September 9, 2004 – November 7, 2004
Center for Architecture / New York, NY / Civic Spirit: Changing the Course of Federal Design / September 14 – December 8, 2004
The Octagon Museum / Washington D.C. / Design Excellence: Public Patronage of Architecture and Art / December 12 – March 31, 2004

2003
Zagreb, Croatia / Oris, Outline of Ideas
GA Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / GA International 2003 / May 24 – July 13, 2003
The Building Centre Trust / London, England / Trial & Error / May 20 – July 5, 2003
Max Protetch Gallery / New York, New York / Coffee & Tea Towers / May 8 – June 28, 2003
Kunsthaus Muerz / Graz, Austria / Architecture as Aesthetic Organization / April 25 – September 14, 2003
The Macao Museum of Art / Macao / Architecture for the New Millennium – Contemporary Architects of California, A Selection of Works / April 16 – July 13, 2003
GA Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / GA Houses Project 2003 / March 29 - May 5, 2003
National Building Museum / Washington D.C. / Of Our Time: 2002 GSA Design Awards / March 27 – October 19, 2003 /
TED Conference / Monterey, California / Rebirth / February 26 – March 1, 2003
National Building Museum / Washington D.C. / Big & Green: Towards Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century / January 17-June 22, 2003
Bass Museum of Art / Miami Beach, Florida / USDesign 1975 – 2000 / February 15 – May 10, 2003

2002
La Biennale di Venezia / Venice, Italy / Next / September 4 – November 3, 2002
A+D / Los Angeles, California / L.A. Now: Shaping a New Vision for Downtown Los Angeles / September 26 – November 30, 2002
AXA Gallery / New York, New York / Perfect Acts of Architecture / September 18 – October 19, 2002
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum / New York, New York / Skin: Surface, Substance and Design / May 7 – September 15, 2002
GA Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / GA International 2002 / June 29 – August 11, 2002
Berlinische Galerie / Berlin, Germany / Zwischenspiel II; Fifty: Fifty; Gebaute und Nicht Gebaute Architektur in Berlin 1990 – 2000 / May 4 – August 4, 2002.
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado / USDesign 1975 – 2000 / February – May 27, 2002
Architecture and Design Museum / Los Angeles, California / Urban Innovations: Shrine to Junipero Serra / January 24 – March 21, 2002
Max Protetch / New York, New York / A New World Trade Center / January 17 – February 16, 2002

2001
Davidson Art Center, Weselyan University / Middletown, Connecticut / Abstraction and Representation / November 9 – December 21, 2001
Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design Museum/ New York, New York /
The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/ Perfect Acts of Architecture / September 15 – January 6, 2001
GA Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / GA Houses Project 2001 / March 10 – April 15, 2001
Zumbotel Staff Licht Forum Wien / Vienna, Austria / Area of Tolerance: For Peace and Freedom of the Arts – Against Racism and Xenophobia (Biennale) / March 20 – April 13, 2001
Luckman Gallery / California State University, Los Angeles / Terms of Engagement: Urban Design in Greater Los Angeles at the Millenium / January 13 – February 24, 2001
Flux Gallery / San Diego, California / Rock Paper Scissors: An Exhibition of Architectural Art / January – March, 2001
Wexner Center for the Arts / Columbus, Ohio / Perfect Acts of Architecture / January 27 – April 15, 2001

2000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Los Angeles, California / Made in California 1900-2000 / October 2000 - February 2001
UCLA Hammer Museum / Los Angeles, California / “Live Dangerously” / October 2000 – January 2001
The Chicago Athenaeum / Chicago, Illinois / 2000 American Architecture Awards Exhibit / June 2000 – 2001
Frac Center Collection, Pallazzo delle Papesse, Sienna June 30 – October 1
Venice Biennale / Venice, Italy / Area of Tolerance for Peace and Freedom of Art against Racism + Xenophobia / June 18 – October 29
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum / New York, New York / End of the Century: 100 Years of Architecture / October 2000 – January 2001
Venice Biennale / Venice, Italy / 7th International Architecture Exhibition / June 18 - October 29
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art / Los Angeles, California / End of the Century: 100 Years of Architecture / April 16 – September 24
Netherlands Architecture Institute / Rotterdam, The Netherlands / The Stadium, The Architecture of Mass Sport / June - September
GA Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / GA International / April, 2000
MAK Center / Los Angeles, Vienna / Micro Space, Global Time / January - March

1999
Fundaoao Bienal de Sao Paolo / Sao Paolo, Brazil / End of the Century: 100 Years of Architecture / December 15 , 1999 – February 27, 2000
MAK Center Vienna / Havana, Cuba / El Proyecto Habana: Architectura Otra Vez / October 27-28
Canadian Center for Architecture / Montreal, Canada / International Competition for the Design of Cities / July - October
Grand Central Station / New York, New York / International Competition for the Design of Cities / October - December
Museum of Modern Art / New York, New York
Ludwig Museum / Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle / Cologne, Germany / End of the Century: 100 Years of Architecture / August 3 – October 30

1998
Colegio de San Ildefonso / Mexico City, Mexico / End of the Century: 100 Years of Architecture / December 11, 1998 – April 25, 1999
Museum of Contemporary Art / Tokyo, Japan / End of the Century: 100 Years of Architecture / July 10 – September 6
GA Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / December
RIBA Architecture Center / London, England / The Displaced Grid - Malibu House / January-March

1997
MAK Center in Los Angeles / Hanover, Germany / The Havana Project / August
Dansk Architektur Center / Copenhagen, Denmark / Los Angeles Hetropolis USA / May - September
GA Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / GA International 97 / March

1996
Leopold-Hoesch Musuem / Duren, Germany / Paper Art 6 / September 1996 – December
Royal Academy of Arts / London, England / Bridging the City / September - December
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum / Santa Barbara, California / Acquiring Minds / January 20 - March 31
MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House / Los Angeles, California / Architecture Again: The Havana Project / April 13- July 27
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes / Buenos Aires, Argentina / Collection of Architect’s Drawings / June 28
Pacific Design Center / Los Angeles, California / International Competitions
University of East London The Herron Gallery / Details / February - March
Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall / Copenhagen, Denmark / Overlooking the City: Copenhagen as it is Perceived / December 27, 1995 -
La Ferme du Buisson, Contemporary Art Center / Fugitive Fluctuations / October 12 - November 3

1995
Espace d’Art Yvonamor Palix / Paris, France / Fugitive Fluctuations / November 14 - January 12
Gallery Ma / Tokyo, Japan / The 53 Origins / December 4, 1995 -January 31
Pacific Design Center / Los Angeles, California / 100 / 100 / June
Convento de Santa Clara / Havana, Cuba / Manifestos / January 5 -February 28

1994
University of California at Los Angeles Perloff Gallery / Los Angeles, California / Architecture and Urban Design Faculty Exhibit
Sabie Cultural Institute / Kyoto, Japan / Kyoto Future City Art Museum / September 1 - 13

1993
Southern California Institute of Architecture / Los Angeles, California/ International Architectural Exhibition and Sale / September 18 - 19

1992
65 Thompson Street Gallery / New York, New York / Angels and Franciscans: Innovative Architecture from Los Angeles and San Francisco / September 26 – December
ROM Galleri for Arkitektur / Oslo, Norway / Projects at Potsdamer Platz / January 14 - February 28

1991
GA Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / 91 GA International / February - March
Bannatyne Gallery / Santa Monica, California / Conceptual Drawings by Architects / January 19 - March 10
Society for Art in Craft / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Architects as Artists: Artifice and Artifacts / January 25 - April 21
Sadock & Uzzan Galerie / Paris, France / Les Architectes Plasticiens / February 14 – April 6

1990
G.A. Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / 13 Follies / June 9
Lameier Sculpture Park / St. Louis, Missouri / California Lifeguard Towers / March 14 – May 28
USIA / Moscow, Leningrad, Donetsk, Soviet Union / Design USA / September 1990 – February 1991

1989
Deutsches Architektur Museum / Frankfurt, West Germany / Kunstlerhauser (Houses of Artists) / September 1 - November 26
The Cultural Foundation / Woodland Hills, California / Arts Park Performing Arts Pavilion / June 5 - July 31
Kirsten Kiser Gallery / Los Angeles, California / Modeling Paste Drawings
Gallery of Functional Art / Santa Monica, California / January 7 - March 6

1988
Visual Arts Ontario / Toronto, Canada / R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant Waterworks / June 22 - September 30
Kirsten Kiser Gallery / Los Angeles, California / California Lifeguard Towers / July 8 – August 13
Aedes Galerie fur Architektur und Raum / Berlin, West Germany / Berlin - Denkmal oder Denkmodell / September 2 - December 2
National Academy of Design / New York, New York / The Experimental Tradition: Twenty-five Years of American Architecture Competitions 1960-1985 (Vietnam Veterans Memorial) / May 16 - July 31
Cooper-Hewitt Museum / New York, New York / What Could Have Been: Unbuilt Architecture of the ‘80s / July 19 - October 23
Australian Center for Contemporary Art / Victoria, Australia / Dream Houses / May 19 – June 19
Pacific Design Center / Los Angeles, California / L. A. Architecture: 12 + 12, An Overview / March
Axis Gallery / Tokyo, Milan, Paris / In-spiration (Lighting Exhibition) / February 5 - 15

1987
G.A. Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / The Emerging Generation in U.S.A / November 7- December 13

1986
I.D.C. / New York, New York / Forty Under Forty / October
Max Protech Gallery / New York, New York / Architects for Social Responsibility / May - June

1985
G.A. Gallery / Tokyo, Japan / California Architecture - Morphosis / Eric Owen Moss / April - May

1984
California Museum of Science and Industry / 84/84 Olympic Architects / June-August
Hotel Biltmore / Los Angeles, California / Architectural Competitions / May

1983
Museum of Modern Art / San Francisco, California / California Counterpoint / November - December
National Academy of Design / New York, New York / California Counterpoint /July – September
Architectural Association / London, England / Los Angeles Now / May
Columbia University / New York, New York / American Architecture: Innovation and Tradition / February - March
Institute of Contemporary Arts / London, England / Drawings by Architects /February - March

1982
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art / La Jolla, California / The California Condition / November – December

1981
Ohio State University Art Gallery / Artist as Architect/Architect as Artist / March - April
Pennsylvania State University Art Gallery / New Americans: Issues and Thoughts

1979
The Architectural Gallery / Venice, California / Selected Projects / November
AIA CC Exhibit / Newport Beach, California / New Americans: Issues and Thoughts / Rome, Milan, Venice / June - August

1978
California Statewide Exhibit / Sacramento Office Building Competition
Umwelt Galerie / Stuttgart, Germany / Contemporary American Architecture (Four Projects) / January - March
 

Visiting Faculty

Baird Visiting Professor, Cornell University School of Architecture / Winter 1999
Bannister Fletcher Visiting Professor, The Bartlett School of Architecture / 1995
Visiting Professor, Technical University of Graz / 1996-97
Workshop Leader, Research Institute for Experimental Architecture (RIEA) “BorderLine Workshop” / Summer 1997
Baumer Distinguished Professor, Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture / 1997
Visiting Professor, The Berlage Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / 1993, 1996
Visiting Professor, Summer Studio, University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts / 1995 - 1996
Visiting Professor, Technical University of Krakow, Poland / 1994
Visiting Professor, University of Sarajevo / Spring 1994
Visiting Professor, Technical University of Vienna, Austria / 1993
Plym Distinguished Professorship in Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / 19921993
Visiting Professor, Hochschule fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria / 1991
Visiting Master Teacher, Clemson University College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities / 1991
Visiting Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning /1990
Visiting Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation / 1986
Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts / 1985
Visiting Professor, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture / 1984
Visiting Professor, Washington University in St. Louis School of Architecture / 1984
Visiting Professor, Miami University School of Fine Arts / 1982
California State College at Pomona / 1971

Adjudicator

American Institute of Architects, Long Beach South Bay Chapter Awards / 2003
General Services Administration (GSA) Peer Review, Miami, FL / 2000
American Institute of Architectural Students (AIAS) Design Competition, Detroit, MI / 2000
DuPont Benedictus Awards, Washington, DC / 1999
Association for Computer Aided Design†in Architecture (ACADIA) Design Competition / 1999
American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles, Next LA Design Awards, Los Angeles, California / 1997
Form•Z Joint Study Program Awards, Columbus, Ohio / 1995
Taipei International Architectural Design Competition: “Traveller’s Refuge,” Taipei, Taiwan / 1995
The Icelandic School of Architecture (ISARK) Student Competition, Reykjavik, Iceland / 1994
Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura, Buenos Aires, Argentina / 1993
American Institute of Architects, Boston Chapter Awards / 1993
American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter Awards / 1993
American Institute of Architects, Arizona Chapter Awards / 1992
American Institute of Architects, Midwest Regional Chapter Awards / 1992
American Institute of Architects Awards, Washington D.C. / 1992
Alaska Design Forum: Contemporary West Coast Design “Shelter” Competition / 1992
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Student Design Competition / 1992
American Institute of Architects, Cleveland Chapter Awards / 1991
American Wood Council Eighth Annual Student Design Competition / 1990
Society of Environmental Graphic Designers Awards / 1989
Pittsburgh Corning Architectural Design Award / 1988
Harvard University Graduate School of Design / 1988
Par’Ti “Everett Parks Memorial Award / 1988
American Institute of Architects, Orange County Chapter Awards / 19888
American Institute of Architects, Minnesota Chapter Awards / 1987
American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter Awards / 1987
American Institute of Architects, Houston Chapter Awards / 1986
American Institute of Architects, West Regional Chapter Awards / 1986
 

MONOGRAPHS

Mayne, Thom and Warke, Val. Morphosis. London: Phaidon Press Limited. 2003.
Kipnis, Jeffrey and Gannon, Todd. Morphosis: Diamond Ranch High School. New York: The Monacelli
Press, Inc., 2001.
Lee, Uje, ed. New World Architect #7: Morphosis. Korea: C3A, 2001.
Bransburg, Pablo. Casas Internaciona 27: Morphosis (Kliczkowski, 2000).
Lee, Uje, ed. C3 Korea 195. Korea: C3 Design Group (November 1999).
Vidler, Anthony. Morphosis: Buildings and Projects 1993-1997. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1999.
Phillips, Patricia. The Crawford House. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1998.
Futagawa, Yoshio ed. GA Document Extra. 9: Morphosis (January 1998).
Lee, Uje, ed. Korean Architect 137. Architecture & Environment Publications (January 1996).
Weinstein, Richard. Morphosis - Buildings and Projects 1989-1992. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1994.
Kipnis, Jeffrey. El Croquis #59: Morphosis (1993).
Mayne, Thom. Connected Isolation. London: Academy Editions, 1993.
Mayne, Thom and Henry Plummer. Morphosis Urban Projects. Architecture and Urbanism (A+U), Special Issue (June 1994).
Mayne, Thom and Fred Orton. Morphosis: Tangents and Outtakes. London: Artemis Verlag AG, 1993.
Feireiss, Kristin, ed. Morphosis: Rhythm / Movement. Berlin: Aedes Gallery, 1990 (catalogue).
Komami, Munenobu, ed. Morphosis: Parallel/Activities. Tokyo: Gallery Ma, 1990 (catalogue).
Cohn, David. El Croquis #37: Morphosis - Recent Work (1989).
Cook, Peter and George Rand. Morphosis: Building and Projects. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989.
Neumeyer, Fritz. Beyond Narratives: The Architectural Object as Representation of a Methodology of Making and Communication: Morphosis 1986-1989. Architecture and Urbanism (A+U) 229 (1989).
Perkins, John. Morphosis: Architectural Projects. Cincinnati: Contemporary Arts Center, 1989 (catalogue).
Cook, Peter and Glenn Davis. Morphosis: A Decade of Architectural Confrontation. Spokane, WA: Cheney Cowles Museum, 1989.
Rand, George. Morphosis: Three Houses (Architecture Tomorrow). Minneapolis: Walker Arts Center, 1989.
Wagner, George. Thom Mayne - Sixth Street House. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 1989.
Viladas, Pilar. GA Houses Special: Work of Morphosis (1985).


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