Keynote Lecture 2023
AIA UK/ RIBA Keynote Lecture 2023 - Thom Mayne of Morphosis
Thom Mayne. Photo Credit: Kurt Iswarienko and Milenio Magazine
We are excited to announce the new date for the hotly anticipated 2023 AIA UK/ RIBA Keynote Lecture with Thom Mayne of Morphosis!
When: NEW DATE - Tuesday 30 January 2024, 18:30
Where: RIBA - Jarvis Hall, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD
Tickets
£12 AIA and RIBA members
£6 Students
£18 General Public
Overview
The 2023 AIA/RIBA Keynote Lecture features Thom Mayne of Morphosis.
The lecture is jointly hosted by the American Institute of Architects UK (AIA) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The AIA and RIBA have a long history of collaboration that dates from the founding of their institutes in 1857 and 1834 respectively.
This event is being held in person with drinks to be served after the lecture.
About the Speaker
Thom Mayne is founding partner of Morphosis, an interdisciplinary and collective architecture and planning practice established in 1972. Mayne’s distinguished honors include the Pritzker Prize (2005) and the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal (2013). He served on the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities from 2009–2016. In 1972, he cofounded the Southern California Institute of Architecture, where he continues to lead the NOW Institute, a graduate-level thinktank for urban sustainability and resilience. Mayne has held teaching positions at Columbia, Yale, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, and the University of Pennsylvania. Recent publications include Strange Networks (2020, Rizzoli), a monograph highlighting his exploration of combinatory systems, and M3 (2023, Rizzoli), a survey of fifty years of models at Morphosis. This investigation continues at Stray Dog Café, Mayne’s personal art and research space at Morphosis, where he leads a team of young designers and students on research projects, the creation of artworks, and the development of publications that document their creative output. SFMOMA, MoMA, and The Art Institute of Chicago, among others, hold artworks produced throughout his career.
Kolon One & Only Tower. Image credit: Jamine Park © Morphosis
Orange County Museum of Art. Image credit: Mike Kelley
About Morphosis
Founded in 1972, Morphosis is an interdisciplinary practice involved in rigorous design and research that yields innovative, iconic buildings and urban environments. With founder Thom Mayne serving as design director, the firm today consists of a group of more than 60 professionals, who remain committed to the practice of architecture as a collaborative enterprise. With projects worldwide, the firm’s work ranges in scale from residential, institutional, and civic buildings to large urban planning projects. Named after the Greek term for 'to form or be in formation', Morphosis is a dynamic and evolving practice that responds to the shifting and advancing social, cultural, political and technological conditions of modern life.
Bloomberg Center at Cornell Tech
Image credit: Matthew Carbone
Emerson College Los Angeles
Image credit: Jasmine Park (c) Morphosis
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Image credit: Jasmine Park (c) Morphosis
Yangtze River International Conference Center
Image credit: 田方方 Tian Fangfang
This lecture is sponsored in part by Iris Ceramica Group. Please consider them for your next project. Further information at: https://www.irisceramicagroup.com/en.
