Limited edition of 100 copies worldwide, clothbound in a clamshell box, each numbered and signed by Richard Meier in 1996. The artwork is a silk-screen print (20 x 30 cm / 8 x 12 in.) on mould made paper.
The trademark of celebrated architect
Richard Meier (born 1934) is his use of white structures. He began his career building numerous private homes, and then moved on to administrative buildings, museums, and residential complexes notable for their complex groundplans and axial twists—features that have had a decisive influence on contemporary architecture. The Getty Center in Los Angeles, scheduled for completion in 1996, gave Meier the opportunity to tackle the most ambitious project of the decade.
This limited-edition monograph traces the development of Richard Meier, one of the foremost architects of our times, and affords a generous overview of his projects to date, including:
- Smith House, Darien (CT), 1965–1967
- Bronx Development Center, New York (NY), 1970–1977
- Douglas House, Harbor Springs (MI), 1971–1973
- The Atheneum, New Harmony (IN), 1975–1979
- Hartford Seminary, Hartford (CT), 1978–1981
- Museum for Decorative Arts, Frankfurt/Main, 1979–1985
- Giovannitti House, Pittsburgh (PA), 1979–1983
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta (GA), 1980–1983
- Des Moines Art Center Addition, Des Moines (IA), 1982–1984
- Ackerberg House, Malibu (CA), 1984–1986
- Westchester House, Westchester County (NY), 1984–1986
- Bridgeport Center, Bridgeport (CT), 1984–1989
- Grotta House, Harding Township (NJ), 1985–1989
- Madison Square Garden Site Redevelopment, New York (NY), 1987
- Royal Dutch Paper Mills Headquarters, Hilversum, 1987–1992
- City Hall and Central Library, The Hague, 1986–1995
- Weishaupt Forum, Schwendl, 1988–1992
- Canal+ Headquarters, Paris, 1988–1992
- Exhibition and Assembly Building, Ulm, 1986–1993
- Daimler-Benz Research Center, Ulm, 1989–1993
- National Library of France, Paris, 1989
- Sextius-Mirabeau Master Plan, Aix-en-Provence, 1990
- Hypolux Bank Building, Luxembourg, 1990–1993
- Museum of Ethnology, Frankfurt/Main, 1989
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, 1987–1995
- Swissair North American Headquarters, Melville (NY), 1990–1995
- Getty Center, Los Angeles (CA), 1985–1997
The author
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Architecture Now! series and monographs on Tadao Ando, Santiago Calatrava, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Richard Meier, Zaha Hadid, and soon Norman Foster.
Richard Meier
Edition of 100
Hardcover in
clamshell box, 8.9 x 11.8 in., 176 pages
