Listen to Thom Mayne talking about his San Francisco Federal Building design
Architect Thom Mayne discussing his design of the San Francisco Federal Building,...
Checkerboard Film Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Transcript
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THOM MAYNE: This way. Wow, it's so . . . Now we're going to enter the first bridge, and we're looking over. Ah! Ah, it's a perfect day, isn't it?
INTERVIEWER: Is there anything in this project you felt like you really had to fight for?
[Laughter]
THOM MAYNE: That's really funny, because I've—I was tagged a bad boy years ago, and I haven't been able to dump it. And what it meant is I'm willing to fight for my ideas. And it—it—it—it disturbs some people.
[Music out]
THOM MAYNE: This way. Wow, it's so . . . Now we're going to enter the first bridge, and we're looking over. Ah! Ah, it's a perfect day, isn't it?
INTERVIEWER: Is there anything in this project you felt like you really had to fight for?
[Laughter]
THOM MAYNE: That's really funny, because I've—I was tagged a bad boy years ago, and I haven't been able to dump it. And what it meant is I'm willing to fight for my ideas. And it—it—it—it disturbs some people.
[Music out]