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.

January 19 1944 in Waterbury Connecticut) is a Los Angeles-based architect. Thom Mayne (b. In recent years such visual effect has been made possible increasingly through computer design techniques which simplify the construction of complex forms.

Educated at University of Southern California (1969) and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1978 Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in 1972 where he is a trustee. Since then he has held teaching positions at SCI-Arc the California State Polytechnic University Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).