Thom MayneThinkers

Architecture is a living thing, capable of change and yet retaining something of its accumulated ethos.

Architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction... to change the environment is to change behavior.

Architecture is an art, but a highly political negotiated art which requires diplomacy.

Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional logic because the most interesting parts of the work are non-verbal. They operate within the terms of the work, like any art.

Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.

Architecture is a way of seeing, thinking and questioning our world and our place in it.