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Thom Mayne

I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more.

Thom Mayne

Architecture

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Thom Mayne is saying that while he is considered a modernist, he rejects the original modernist belief that architecture alone can solve society's problems. He points out that nowadays, architects are no longer expected to create designs with such ambitious, world-changing goals.

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