The third volume in Rizzoli's bestselling monograph series on the eminent modernist presents 24 of his post -1985 masterworks, including the internationally acclaimed Getty Center arts and humanities complex in Los Angeles. Other projects documented in this significant survey include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona and the Church of the Year 2000, to be built in Rome.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
While architectural styles keep changing, Richard Meier is a rock of constancy, holding fast to the forms and principles of classic 20th-century modernism. His pristine white buildings, precise and articulated, proclaim that rationality and clarity still have the power to impress us in an age of unfettered stylistic experimentation. Others may seize the role of Dionysus, but he is content to be Apollo.
This is the third installment of a series of monographs on Meier's architecture; the first volume was published in 1985. It records 23 works designed or completed between 1992 and 1999. The best known of these is the legendary Getty Center in Los Angeles, but that billion-dollar Wagnerian extravaganza has not distracted Meier from turning out many other impressive structures of large and small scale, including the Hague City Hall and Central Library, the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Rachovsky House in Dallas. Two-thirds of the projects are in Europe or Asia, suggesting that America may not be taking full advantage of this native son's abilities.
This large-format, square book is handsomely assembled, with 444 pages and more than 650 well-reproduced color and black-and-white photos and finely honed line drawings. Essays by architectural historians Kenneth Frampton and Joseph Rykwert and a postscript by architect Arata Isozaki--all major figures in their fields--provide valuable analysis that completes this impressive volume. --John Pastier
About the Author
Richard Meier received his architectural training at Cornell University and established his office in New York City in 1963. Since that time, his international practice has included museums, courthouses, city halls, corporate headquarters, educational facilities, and public housing in addition to private houses. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Pritzker Prize for Architecture and the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects.
Kenneth Frampton is Ware Professor of Architecture at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth Frampton is Ware Professor of Architecture at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Authors
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Same as the Last One!,
This review is from: Richard Meier Architect, Vol. 3 (1992-1998) (Hardcover)
To those very few of us who are in architectural circles, Richard Meier is a common name. I know that I quickly bought the first two volumes of his books upon entering Architecture School, and put my name on a waiting list for 3 months to get the third volume. When the book arived, I was a little disappointed at the haste in which the book was put together. It seemed to me that they were in such a rush to put out another volume of his work, that the quality of it suffered. Many of the projects shown in this book, are just completed versions of what was in the planning phases in his second book. Another disappointing feature of this book is that almost one quarter of it is dedicated to the Getty Center. I guess the reason that it seemed so spurious to me is that I had volume two AND a book on the Getty Center before purchasing this third volume, so there wasn't much new information to sink my teeth into. My recomendation is this: If you have the first two volumes- Don't be in any hurry to buy this book. It's already familiar to you, and you'll be let down.If you don't have the first two volumes, or are new to architecture: Go and buy this book immedeately! This is a great book for you to become familiar with one of the masters of modern architecture. You'll like what you see
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must-have for Meier fans,
By "bricole" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Richard Meier Architect, Vol. 3 (1992-1998) (Hardcover)
This 3rd in a series monograph by Rizzoli is a must-have addition to any serious architectural book library or to fans of Richard Meiers work. The numerous color photos are top rate, and together with a large number of drawings give a thorough overview of one of the top designers of today. The many photos in particular attest as to the successful completion of previously anticipated projects which have been in the pipeline, while new drawings herald new masterpieces to come.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
25 selected projects from 1965 to 2000 in B&W,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Richard Meier, Architect (Hardcover)
Only ISBN: 1580930611 or ISBN: 1580930441 published by the Monacelli Press on 304 pages as an exhibition catalog with beautiful only B&W photos and drawings (many 3D) and minimal text.
FROM FRONT FLAP: Over his thirty-five-year career Richard Meier has produced an internationally recognized body of work that reinterprets and recovers the ideals of modernism. With the completion of the landmark Getty Center in Los Angeles, Meier's distinct vision has emerged as architecture that is truly for our time. This catalog, accompanying a major exhibition organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (and traveling throughout the world), beautifully documents Meier's career with exquisite duotone photographs and the architect's own drawings, most of which have never been published. Twenty-five of Meier's masterworks are featured, including the Smith House in Darien, Connecticut; the Douglas House, on the shores of Lake Michigan; the Museum for Decorative Arts in Frankfurt; the Canal+ Headquarters in Paris; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona; and the Getty Center. Current projects, including federal courthouses in Islip, New York, and Phoenix, Arizona, and the Church of the Year 2000 in Rome, are also presented. A collection of insightful essays and commentaries by, among others, noted scholars Kenneth Frampton and Jean-Louis Cohen and architect Stan Allen illuminates various formal, theoretical, and practical issues at work in Meier's ever-evolving approach to the art of architecture. An extensively illustrated chronology of built and unbuilt work completes this first volume to document the entirety of Meier's extraordinary oeuvre. CONTENTS: Richard Koshalek and Dana Hutt 6 Introduction: Richard Meier, Light + Space Architect Dana Hutt 8 Richard Meier's Working Space: The Uses of Abstraction Stan Allen 12 Figures in an Urban Landscape: Meier at the Millennium Kenneth Framp ton 28 Creative Repetition Jean-Louis Cohen 34 Smith House 40 Bronx Developmental Center 48 Douglas House 56 Olivetti Branch Office Prototype 66 The Atheneum 72 The Hartford Seminary 84 Frankfurt Museum for the Decorative Arts 94 High Museum of Art 108 Siemens Corporate Headquarters 118 The Getty Center 128 Westchester House 152 Ackerberg House 162 Grotta House 170 The Hague City Hall and Central Library 180 Ulm Exhibition and Assembly Building 190 Weishaupt Forum 200 Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art 208 Royal Dutch Paper Mills Headquarters 216 Madison Square Garden Site Redevelopment 224 Canal+ Headquarters 232 Rachofsky House 240 Islip Courthouse 248 Neugebauer House 254 Phoenix Courthouse 262 Church of the Year 2000 268 The Richard Meier Archive Lisa J. Green 276 Buildings and Projects 1960-1999 282 Selected Bibliography 302
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
|
|
