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Thom Mayne, Pritzker Prize-winning architect and founding principal at the interdisciplinary architectural firm Morphosis, was appointed the first “Critic at Large” in Pratt Institute’s Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) program within the School of Architecture this spring. In association with his appointment, Mayne will serve as critic for core and advanced M.Arch Studios. The day of reviews will conclude with a reception.

Thursday, 05/05
9.00 a.m.–07.00 p.m. / Higgins Hall
Pratt Institute
61 St. James Place
Brooklyn, New York 10038

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University of Pennsylvania, PennDesign
critic: Thom MAYNE.

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Jaeho JIN, Yongjae KIM, & Wongi SU: Penn Station has very small volume and disconnected with Madison Square Garden (MSG) and other programs above the ground. So, the main issue was how the station and MSG have a new connection and how we can make maximized volume of the station still keeping the MSG at the existing site. . . .

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SCI-Arc
advisor: Dwayne OYLER.
special advisor: Thom MAYNE.

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Anthony MOREY: As architects, we have a common language, a frame of thought that allows us to jump between minds, worlds, and ideas. . . .

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Join Storefront for “Definitions Series: Risk,” a discussion on the “institutionalization” of “experimentation” and cultural politics, and the power of TAKING RISKS.

“Definitions Series: Risk,” with Thom MAYNE, Eric Owen MOSS, Stephen PHILLIPS, & Eva FRANCH i GILABERT.
Tuesday, 04/08
7.00pm / Storefront for Art and Architecture
97 Kenmare Street
New York, New York 10012

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Thom Mayne, FAIA founded Morphosis as an interdisciplinary and collective practice involved in experimental design and research in 1972.

conversation: Thom MAYNE, Joe DAY, Hitoshi ABE, & Qingyun MA.
Wednesday, 11/20
6.00 p.m. / Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, Harris Hall
USC School of Architecture
Los Angeles, California
90089-0291

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A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture from Southern California examines contemporary Southern California architecture from 1987 to the present, exploring its experimental nature, sculptural tendency, and exciting evolution. Contributions by leading architectural historians coupled with a stunning collection of images present recent works in terms of sculpturalism and urbanism, and consider the impact of the history and environment of Los Angeles, as well as the creative and working processes.

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Commonly understood today as a set of beliefs or practices in conflict with prevailing dogma, the word “heresy” derives from the Greek “heiresis,” meaning “choice.” In classical antiquity, the term also signified a period during which a young philosopher would examine various schools of thought in order to determine his future way of life.

symposium: “Modern Architecture in L.A.: A Confederacy of Heretics” with Ewan BRANDA, Hernan DIAZ ALONSO, Todd GANNON, Wes JONES, Jeffrey KIPNIS, Thom MAYNE, Eric MOSS, Andrew ZAGO, & more.
Friday, 06/14, 3.00-9.00 p.m,
Saturday, 06/15, 10.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m.
SCI-Arc Campus
960 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, California 90013

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Boundaries in architecture are defined and redefined everyday given the fluctuating contexts of our global environment. These limits or borders mark the differences between the serious and the farcical, the useful and the worthless, the sustainable and the ephemeral, the new for the good and the new for its own sake; between mass appeal and sub-cultural interests; between the self serving and the altruistic.

symposium: “Failure is an Option: Positions on Research and Experimentation” with Thom MAYNE, Greg LYNN, Jason PAYNE, Kimberli MEYER, Michael SPEAKS, and Ciro NAJILE. Moderated by Neil DENARI.
Monday, 06/10
4.00–6.00 p.m. / Perloff Hall, Room 1102
UCLA A.UD
Los Angeles, CA 90095

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UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (A.UD) announce the launch of IDEAS, a new platform for cross-disciplinary research collaborations among students, faculty, industry and other partners that will radically question, challenge and expand the current parameters of architecture practice. As part of this initiative, the department has added a new Los Angeles satellite location and significantly expanded its master’s of architecture program, which will now feature studio courses taught by several of the biggest luminaries in the field — Thom Mayne, Greg Lynn, and Frank Gehry, with Gehry Partners and Gehry Technologies.

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Pratt Institute will present a symposium titled “Architecture and Contemporary Urbanism Now,” a panel discussion for the exhibition “Designs for North American Cities Now” (on view at the Hazel and Robert H. Siegel Gallery). The panel discussion will be moderated by Dagmar Richter and will feature Michael Chen, Toni Griffin, Jason Lee, Thom Mayne, Chris Perry, and Laurie Hawkinson.

Architecture and Contemporary Urbanism Now
Thursday, 11/08
6.00 pm / Higgins Hall
Pratt Institute
61 Saint James Place
Brooklyn, NY 11238