Morphosis Architects, Incorporated (Partnership)

click to open gallery Aerial view of the Caltrans District #7 Headquarters, (right center) Los Angeles, c. 2019. From Google Maps/Street View
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Michael Brickler, Tim Christ, Mark R. Johnson, Thomas M. Mayne, Michael Rotondi, Livio Santini, James Stafford, Brandon Welling

Active 1972-

Firm Notes

Thom Mayne formed this Los Angeles-based architectural partnership with Livio Santini, James Stafford and Michael Brickler in 1972. Michael Rotondi joined Morphosis in 1975.

PCAD id: 39

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
2-4-6-8 House, Venice, Los Angeles, CA1978Los AngelesCA
2012 Olympic Village Project, Queens, New York, NYQueensNY
Blades House #2, Santa Barbara, CA1992-1997Santa BarbaraCA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Care Center, Los Angeles, CA1987Los AngelesCA
County of Orange, Segerstrom Center for the Arts #2, Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), Costa Mesa, CA2019-2022Costa MesaCA
Crawford House, Montecito, CA1987-1992MontecitoCA
Denver Museum of Art (DAM) Addition Project, Denver, CODenverCO
Europaische Zentralbank Stage II Project, Frankfurt, Germany2003-2004Frankfurt-am-Main
Hypo Alpe-Adria-Center, Klagenfurt, Austria2002KlagenfurtCarinthia
Lawrence House
Lawrence House, Hermosa Beach, CA1983-1984Hermosa BeachCA
Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD), International Elementary School, Long Beach, CA1997-1998Long BeachCA
Los Angeles Free Clinic, Los Angeles, CA1989-1990Los AngelesCA
Mantilini, Kate, Restaurant, Beverly Hills, CA1985Beverly HillsCA
Mayne, Thom and Blythe Alison, House, Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles, CA2017
Mayne, Thom, House, Santa Monica, CASanta MonicaCA
Palenque at Centro JVC, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico2001
Salick Healthcare Administrative Headquarters, West Hollywood, CA1990-1991West HollywoodCA
State of California, Department of Transportation (Caltrans), District 7 Headquarters, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA2003-2005Los AngelesCA
United States Government, Department of Justice, Morse, Wayne Lyman, Courthouse, Downtown, Eugene, OR2006EugeneOR
United States Government, Federal Office Building #3, San Francisco, CA2003-2007San FranciscoCA
University of Toronto, Graduate Student Housing, Toronto, ON, Canada2000TorontoON
Yuzen Vintage Car Museum ProjectWest HollywoodCA

Publications

Filler, Martin, "Edificio del Gobierno Federal, San Francisco = Federal Building, San Francisco: Morphosis", AV monografías = AV monographs, 122, 130-141, 2006-11/12. Doubilet, Susan, Boles, Daralice, American House Now, 148-159, 1997. Volner, Ian, Gerfen, Katie, "The 66th annual Progressive Architecture Awards", Architect, 108: 2, 73-98, 2019-02. "New York chooses design for potential Olympic Village", Architectural Record, 192: 7, 30, 7/2004. Gonchar, Joann, "Morphosis and Arup engineers create dynamic form that follows function for the U.S. Federal Building in San Francisco", Architectural Record, 195: 8, 96-105, 2007-08. Giovaninni, Joseph, "Morphosis embraces the public relm of Downtown Los Angeles with the environmentally attuned and formally expressive Caltrans Building", Architectural Record, 120-129, 1/2005. King, John, "Revisiting the San Francisco Federal Building", Architectural Record, 199: 6, 31, 2011-06. Carter, Brian, "Utopia regained: government offices, San Francisco, California, USA", Architectural Review, 221: 1322, 42-51, Jodidio, Philip, Architecture Now!, 398-401, 2001. Lall, Nishant, "Interview: Thom Mayne", Architecture and Design, 23: 12, 92-94,96,98,100-106, 2006-12. Fitoussi, Brigitte, "Steack house à Beverly Hills", Architecture d'aujourd'hui, 254: 84-86, 12/1987. Whiteson, Leon, King, Gene K., Architecture for the New Millenium, 28, 2002. "Aufregend nachhaltig: United States Federal Building in San Francisco, USA", Architektur, Innenarchitektur, Technischer Ausbau, 4, 142-151, 2008. McKeough,Tim, "Morphosis' double-duty Federal Building", Azure, 23: 176, 32-33, 2007-06. "Californication--lessons from California?", Baumeister, 98: 11, 51-95, 11/2001. Friedrich, Jan, "Zentralbank am Main: der Wettbewerb für die EZB in Frankfurt", Bauwelt, 95: 13, 14-25, 4/2/2004. Spring, Martin, "The Future Is Here", Building, cover, 4, 22-25, 11/19/2004. Kamin, Blair, von Rhein, John, "21 News and Notes Libeskind Chosen", Chicago Tribune, 2, 07/21/2000. "Morphosis: United States Federal Building, San Francisco, California, U.S.A", GA Document, 96, 56-73, 2007-05. Academic Journal In GA document. 2018 (147):20-25, "Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California, USA : Morphosis, design : 2018-19, construction : 2019-22", GA Document, 147, 20-25, 2018. GSA Design Awards 2004, 16-19, 2005. Hart, Sara, "The case for commissioning: long considered a requirement of high-performance building, two recent projects present new angles on commissioning", GreenSource: The Magazine of Sustainable Design, 3: 1, 54-61, 2008-01. Filler, Martin, "Silver Screen", House and Garden, 174: 2, 54-57, 02/2005. Magar, Christine, "Architecture is art?", L.A. Architect, 4-5, 6/1987. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Kate Mantilini", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 129, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 42, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 1994. Coates, Chris, "Downtown's Caltrans-formation", Los Angeles Downtown News, 13, 09/20/2004. "Putting a Shimmer on City Hall", Los Angeles Times, B4, 3/9/2004. Muchnic, Suzanne, "Architect Mayne chosen to design Caltrans building in downtown", Los Angeles Times, B3, 11/09/2001. Borden, Gail Peter, "Caltrans District 7 HQ Morphosis Los Angeles, California", Material Precedent The Typology of Modern Tectonics, 78-79, 269-273, 2010. Hockenberry, John, "Fear factor: designing in a post 9-11 world has forced architects and planners to revisit some basic tenets and beliefs", Metropolis, 25: 9, 78,80,82,84-85, 2006-05. Morphosis : a decade of architectural confrontation : residential projects, 1978-1988, 1989. "Kate Mantilini Restaurant: architectural design award: Thom Mayne, Michael Rotondi, Morphosis", Progressive Architecture, 68: 1, 96-97, 1/1987. Viladas, Pilar, "Eat at Kate's", Progressive Architecture, 68: 10, 88-93, 10/1987. "Highlights Architecture and Design", UCLArts, 6: 2, 12, Spring 2003. "Highlights Architecture and Design", UCLArts, 6: 2, 12, Spring 2003. "Highlights Architecture and Design", UCLArts, 6: 2, 12, Spring 2003. Asato,Yosh, "San Francisco modernism: San Francisco's dot.com boom in the 1990s opened the door to a new era of architecture", Urban Land, 66: 5, 142, 145, 147, Culvahouse, Tim, "How the West Coast is being won", World Architecture, 101: 20-23, 2001/11-12.

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