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THE MAYNE WAY

is an avid reader of newspapers and still draws by hand. At the same time, the acclaimed L.A.-based architect places little importance on traditional ways of doing things. Mayne’s aversion to nostalgia is evident in both the boldly expressive, often fragmented buildings he creates – when the Hyatt Foundation awarded him the Pritzker Prize, in 2005, it cited his career-long pursuit of “an

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