Richard Meier Architect

by Meier, Richard; Allen, Stan

• ISBN13: 9781580930611
• ISBN10: 1580930611
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press

Summary

Accompanying a major exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (and traveling throughout the world), this exquisitely designed and produced catalog explores the formal aspects of Richard Meier's architecture. Over his thirty-five-year career, Meier has produced a body of work that is recognized for its unceasing pursuit of the ideals of modernism and its sensitive handling of urban contexts. This volume, illustrated with exceptional duotone photographs and Meier's own drawings, is the first to cover his entire career. Included are twenty-four of the architect's masterworks, 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 in Los Angeles. Current projects -- the Federal Courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Church of the Year 2000 in Rome -- are also presented. Dozens of Meier's original sketches -- most never before published -- illustrate all of the designs. Essays by noted historians and scholars offer readings of the work focused on themes of abstraction, light, and space, and a fully illustrated chronology completes the comprehensive presentation of Meier's buildings and projects.

Author Biography

Richard Koshalek is president of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and former director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. He was co-organizer of the exhibit "Richard Meier: Architect" and other major exhibitions, such as "Arata Isozaki 1960-1990 Architecture," "Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture," "Richard Serra," and "At the End of the Century: One Hundred Years of Architecture."

Dana Hutt is the director of architectural documentation and special projects at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and a former research associate at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. She was co-organizer of the exhibit "Richard Meier: Architect."

Table of Contents

Foreword and Acknowledgments	6	(2)
Richard Koshalek
Dana Hutt
Introduction: Richard Meier, Light + Space Architect	8	(4)
Dana Hutt
Richard Meier's Working Space: The Uses of Abstraction	12	(16)
Stan Allen
Figures in an Urban Landscape: Meier at the Millennium	28	(6)
Kenneth Frampton
Creative Repetition	34	(6)
Jean-Louis Cohen
Smith House	40	(8)
Bronx Developmental Center	48	(8)
Douglas House	56	(10)
Olivetti Branch Office Prototype	66	(6)
The Atheneum	72	(12)
The Hartford Seminary	84	(10)
Frankfurt Museum for the Decorative Arts	94	(14)
High Museum of Art	108	(10)
Siemens Corporate Headquarters	118	(10)
The Getty Center	128	(24)
Westchester House	152	(10)
Ackerberg House	162	(8)
Grotta House	170	(10)
The Hague City Hall and Central Library	180	(10)
Ulm Exhibition and Assembly Building	190	(10)
Weishaupt Forum	200	(8)
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art	208	(8)
Royal Dutch Paper Mills Headquarters	216	(8)
Madison Square Garden Site Redevelopment	224	(8)
Canal+ Headquarters	232	(8)
Rachofsky House	240	(8)
Islip Courthouse	248	(6)
Neugebauer House	254	(8)
Phoenix Courthouse	262	(6)
Church of the Year 2000	268	(8)
The Richard Meier Archive	276
Lisa J. Green