Pierre Omidyar

Air Date
November 18, 2009

How can individuals become inspired to make change? What type of environment is necessary for regular people to have an impact on the world around them? Learn how Pierre Omidyar found the power to make a difference and the space to go experiment with new ideas.

Architect

Throughout her career as a practicing architect and educator, Toshiko Mori has pursued a technical interest in the properties of materials, and especially synthetic materials, in addition to her concerns for purity of line, visual lightness and thermal performance.

Why She Innovates

As an architect, Toshiko Mori has always taken a personal delight in discovering new properties and potentials in materials. Whether designing exhibitions, houses or institutional projects such as the Visitor Center for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, she enjoys a process that combines intuition with the rigor of research.

Toshiko Mori Interview Highlights Transcript

Toshiko Mori

I would say every architect that I know is a philosopher on his or her own.

Pierre Omidyar

22 Dec, 04:54 PM
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