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    Richard Meier is an American architect born in 1934 known for his modernist and minimalist designs using geometric forms and pure white cladding. Some of his most notable works include the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona. Meier's signature style involves open floor plans, an emphasis on natural light, and refined variations on modernist principles drawing from the influences of architects like Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Kahn.

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    Richard Meier is an American architect born in 1934 known for his modernist and minimalist designs using geometric forms and pure white cladding. Some of his most notable works include the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona. Meier's signature style involves open floor plans, an emphasis on natural light, and refined variations on modernist principles drawing from the influences of architects like Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Kahn.

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    Richard Meier is an American architect born in 1934 known for his modernist and minimalist designs using geometric forms and pure white cladding. Some of his most notable works include the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona. Meier's signature style involves open floor plans, an emphasis on natural light, and refined variations on modernist principles drawing from the influences of architects like Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Louis Kahn.

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    Richard Meier is an American architect known for his modernist and minimalist designs. He is renowned for his use of white surfaces and open floor plans that emphasize natural light. Some of his most famous works include the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

    Some of Richard Meier's most notable architectural works include the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the City Hall and Central Library in The Hague, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

    Common themes in Richard Meier's architectural style include the use of pure geometric forms, open floor plans with an emphasis on natural light, sleek white surfaces made of materials like porcelain-enameled steel, and refinements of modernist principles pioneered by architects like Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.

    RICHARD MEIER

    LIFE AND TIME

    Place of Birth: Newark, New


    Jersey in 1934

    Education: Graduated from


    Cornell University
    in 1957
    Awards:

    • Numerous awards include the 1984 Pritzker Prize.


    • The 1989 Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute
    of British Architects,
    • A Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the
    American Institute of Architects,
    • Twelve national AIA Honor Awards,
    • Thirty-one New York AIA Design Awards,
    and the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize for the
    American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
    Architectural practice:

    • Meier graduated from Cornell University in


    Ithaca, New York; his early experience included
    work with the firm of Skidmore, Owings and
    Merrill (SOM) in New York City and with
    Marcel Breuer, a noted architect.
    PHILOSPHY
    Architectural style:

    • A common theme runs through Richard Meier's


    striking, white designs.
    • The sleek porcelain-enameled cladding and stark glass
    forms have been described as "purist," "sculptural,"
    and "Neo-Corbusian." Listed here are a few of his
    most significant works.
    • He is noted for his refinements of and variations on
    classic modernist principles: pure geometry, open
    space, and an emphasis on light.
    Quotations:

    • "We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd


    Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no
    less than Bramante, Borromini, and Bernini.
    Architecture is a tradition, a long continuum. Whether
    we break with tradition or enhance it, we are still
    connected to that past. We evolve."

    • "... I think white is the most wonderful color of all,


    because within it one can find every color of the
    rainbow."
    MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL WORKS

    • Getty Centre in Los Angeles


    • City Hall and Central Library in the Hague
    • Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona
    • Stadthaus (Civic Exhibition and Assembly Building) in
    Ulm, Germany
    • Hypobank Headquarters in Luxembourg
    • North American Headquarters building for Swissair in
    Melville, New York
    • Museum of Television & Radio in Los Angeles
    GETTY CENTER

    • The Getty Center, sometimes referred to as a campus, is


    comprised of six buildings: the Auditorium, North and
    East Buildings, the Museum, Cafe and Research Institute
    on the south and western sides of the site.
    • It is also sometimes called a modern "Acropolis" since it
    is spectacularly located on a 110-acre hilltop with a view
    of Los Angeles and west to the Pacific Ocean.
    • Because of height restrictions, much of the Getty Center is
    underground and the six buildings are linked to each other
    at basement levels.
    • The huge complex, in memory of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty,
    costed 1 billion dollars.

    • Richard Meier, was awarded the commission over two


    other finalists, Fumihiko Maki and James Sterling.

    • Meier is known for his high tech white buildings but not
    all of the buildings at the Getty Center are of white enamel
    panels; some are clad in a warm beige textured travertine.

    • The site is extensively landscaped, partly because Meier's


    building aesthetic demands an interaction with the natural
    environment and partly because the site had been
    completely disturbed during construction and thus subject
    to erosion.
    The Courtyard
    The Courtyard west end
    Exterior of the Rotunda
    The Interior of
    the Rotunda
    The Tram port
    Over the Tram
    Research Institute
    Restaurant
    HIGH MUSEUM OF ART

    • Location: Atlanta, Georgia


    • Date: 1983
    • Building Type: art museum
    • Construction System: concrete
    frame, enameled steel cladding
    • Style: Modern
    • Notes: curved facade to sunny
    atrium
    • The High Museum of Art is characteristic of Meier's
    style. Like most of his buildings, it is white, clad in this
    case in porcelain-enameled steel panels.

    • It uses an exterior ramp (with a square archway) to focus


    the eye and an interior ramp for circulation.

    • The structure houses not only exhibit space and staff


    offices, but an auditorium, cafe, museum shop, and other
    spaces.

    • The plan has been "based on three cubes occupying the


    corners of a square. The building concludes toward the
    fourth corner in a generously-glazed quarter circle.
    The Curvature
    The Front View
    The Ramp
    THE ATHENEUM

    • Location: New Harmony, Indiana


    • Date: 1975 to 1979
    • Building Type: community center
    • Construction System: steel frame,
    porcelain enameled cladding
    • Climate: temperate
    • Style: Modern
    • Notes: three-dimensional play of
    disciplined geometries.
    • This four-story visitors' center houses
    offices, a small auditorium, and exhibit
    space.
    • On a hill outside the historic village of
    New Harmony, it is the starting point for
    the tour of this utopian community.
    • The brilliant white steel frame building is
    clad in square (2'6") porcelain enamel
    panels
    Exterior Staircase
    West side Exterior View
    South-West side Exterior View
    South side Exterior View
    Interior View
    MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS

    • Location: Barcelona, Germany


    • Date: 1992 to 1995
    • Building Type: art museum, art
    gallery
    • Climate: temperate
    • Context: urban
    • Style: Modern
    • Notes: elegant gridded grids in
    white.
    • The main entry is paralleled by a pedestrian
    passageway between the museum’s rear garden and
    a newly created plaza in front of the museum.

    • The main entry is framed by an overhanging screen


    of planar elements and rectilinear windows,
    appearing to slide past a recessed terrace in the
    museum’s façade.

    • A wall running through the building’s length is


    sheathed with white aluminum panels, creating a
    division between the entry/ circulation elements and
    the main gallery spaces.
    Main Entrance
    Front facade
    Shading devices
    Detailed horizontal glass screen covering the ramp
    BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEBLIOGRAPHY

    • Richard Meier – Details


    • Microsoft Encarta

    • www.archiplanet.com
    • www.wikipedia.com
    • www.greatbuildingsonline.com

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