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Thom Mayne gave the keynote address at the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Mayors Summit on City Design in Chicago April 27 – 29. The presentation on April 28 focused on the research and evaluations of Culture Now – the Contemporary American Condition.
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An iconic gateway and interconnected, state-of-the-art aviation campus. The new Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Campus represents a symbolic gateway and anchor for new the Airport City development.
Until the 1890s, New Orleans was an estuary. As land developed, it was in order of its elevation from high to low. Not until the early 1960s were the lowest-lying areas of marsh and wetlands drained to accommodate housing. This type of development, coupled with the reality of rising water levels and a sin…
An optimistic vision to reactivate the city core. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina covered 80 percent of the city with water and damaged or destroyed 62 percent of its housing stock. Despite the city’s enormous loss, its love of music and its musical heritage remains unwavering. Everyone knows the city will reb…
The New Orleans Jazz Park offers an optimistic vision to reactivate the city after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Despite the city’s enormous losses, its musical heritage remains undiminished, offering a hopeful way to rebuild the city both physically and psychologically.
Embassy architecture serves as a powerful symbol that provides an instantaneous and indelible impression of a country. Public buildings project the identity of a country’s peoples, culture and aspirations. American public buildings convey the collective identity of our rich, culturally diverse, and inc…
Lee, Uje, ed. New World Architect #7: Morphosis. Korea: C3A, 2001.