Thom Mayne Profiled

Pritzker-winning architect Thom Mayne says that the '60s still inspires his designs for buildings and homes.

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March 27, 2005, 7:00 AM PST

"The only American to win the prize in 14 years, Mayne says that '60s ideal - embraced by the Peace Corps generation and forged amid the "flower child" revolution - still inspires his designs for buildings and homes. "I guess I am naive enough to still believe that this is possible," he said during an interview at his firm in Santa Monica.

Mayne will be awarded the Pritzker medallion - and a check for $100,000 - on May 31 in Chicago. The annual prize was established in 1979 by the Pritzker family, who own the Hyatt hotel chain, to honor a living architect who produces 'consistent and significant contributions to humanity.' "

Thanks to Chris Steins

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Thursday, March 24, 2005 in The Christian Science Monitor

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