Thom Mayne, 76, was born in Connecticut but is now considered a native to Los Angeles. He had an amazing start in 1972 when he co-founded the Southern California Institute of Architecture as well as Morphosis Architects, an LA firm that is now world renowned. He went back to Harvard for a Masters Degree and finished in 1978, returning to Morphosis as lead architect. Morphosis is known for designs that acknowledge the always-changing world we live in.

To begin, I will show the Emerson College at LA. This building began construction in 2012 welcoming new students in 2014.

This extension of Boston’s Emerson College of liberal arts is a building that well-represents its forward-thinking students. Mayne refers to the design as classic, a spin-off of block-shaped institutional buildings. I’d say they did a great job at designing a spin-off.