Winner of the 2005 Pritzker Prize:
Thom Mayne of Morphosis (that's the firm) as represented by his
magnum opus, the Caltrans District 7 Headquarters, Los Angeles California.
Caltrans is the California DOT. The Pritzker Foundation propaganda
says Mayne founded Morphosis "to surpass the bounds of traditional
forms and materials, while also working to carve out a territory
beyond the limits of modernism and postmodernism."
On voyager! (And pass the
soylent green!)
The ominous looming
"100" is actually the building's address. From the architect's
statement: "Prosaic materials, outsized structural forms,
and exposed structural elements are referential to the work of Caltrans
and evoke a feeling of being in, under or around the freeways themselves."
What's not to like about that
under-the-freeway feel?
Kind of tilty, but hey, the darn thing would just
be another glass box otherwise. On the plus side, few workers in
the 1.2 million square foot colossus are liable to forget how to
get to the office.
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