“The size and prominence of the commissions for Thomas Mayne’s firm, based in Santa Monica, Calif., and called Morphosis, have increased dramatically in the last decade, from private homes and restaurants in Los Angeles to public, educational and commercial buildings in the United States, Europe and Asia.” But he’s not broken in to star ranks until his Pritzker win. “It’s a really serious reward and I take it with huge humility and honor. My career has been so much outside the mainstream that I can’t help but view it as a vindication of what I’ve tried to do.”