Nov 03, 2009
Obama appoints Mayne to President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
President Obama announced Nov. 2 the appointment of Thom Mayne, Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, to the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, founder of Metamorphosis and co-founder of the Southern California Institute of Architecture, he recently unveiled the FLOAT House, an affordable, sustainable and pre-fabricated housing prototype in New Orleans. Among his architectural projects are the San Franicisco Federal building, the Cooper Union academic building in Manhattan and the Phare Tower in Paris. Obama also appointed to the committee other well-known individuals, including Yo-Yo Ma, Edward Norton, Anna Wintour and Alfre Woodard.
