Product Description

From the early days as a member of the New York Five, Richard Meier has been a central figure in contemporary architecture in the United States. With the Getty Center and more recent buildings such as the Jubilee Church in Rome, the New Yorker has cemented his reputation as a truly international figure who has expanded the horizons of contemporary American architecture while maintaining his rigorous approach to design and detailing. Known for carefully conceived grid plans and frequent use of white, Richard Meier is a master of light and space, able to adapt his style to very different circumstances and locations.

The entire span of Meier's career, right up to his most recent designs for New York and Shenzhen, is included in this exceptional volume, created in close collaboration between the architect, the author, and the eminent graphic designer Massimo Vignelli. This spectacular monograph displays Meier's work in unprecedented size and brilliance, and features a preface by the noted Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #268422 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-01
• Original language: English, German, French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 528 pages

From the Author
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard University, and was editor-in-chief of the leading French art journal Connaissance des Arts for over two decades. He has published numerous articles and books on contemporary architecture, including TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, Building a New Millennium, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, and Álvaro Siza.

About the Author
Alberto Campo Baeza (born in Valladolid, Spain, in 1946) studied in Madrid, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1982 at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (ETSAM). He has taught at different universities worldwide, including the ETSAM, where he has served as Head Professor of Design. Among his most important architectural works are the BIT Center on Mallorca (1998), the Caja General de Granada Headquarters (2001), the Guerrero House (Cádiz, 2005), as well as a number of private residences, such as the De Blas House, Sevilla de la Nueva (2000).

Customer Reviews

The Untimate Satisfaction
I have always wanted to find architectural books of this quality. This book deserves a Nobel Prize in the "could not be any better" category. It is definitely one of, if not
THE best example of an architectural book that illustrates the complete works of an architect with excellent presentation and superb quality of sketches, images, and architectural drawings on a large scale and size of paper. This book is ultimately a must-buy book and an asset to every architect.

Richard Meier , Complete Works
This is a very large book with excellant photos of Meier's work. It also includes some very current work; like housing in Venice Italy. Plans of all the projects are also printed in high resolution.

Beautiful but gigantic in size book
Richard Meier is most talented contemporary architect in the World. His architecture based on human scale, gold proportions and organic design. His Getty Center still is the Worlds most beautifully designed complex, organically integrated to the natural landscape. The complex is so dynamic that walking through the complex opening hundreds of different points of view, fantastic perspectives. Same way designed all Richard Meier publications, all of them very well proportioned (basically squared) with beautiful layout of the pages; each page could represent individual art work.
However this particular publication is gigantic in size: 17.8" x 13.5" x 2.6". This book is extremely heavy and is not fitting any bookcase cells. This is more like architectural poster book. Unfortunately the human eyes can not oversee the poster size photographs from the reading distance. I wish this book could be published in more Human Scale, as all previous Richard Meier's publications. Book pages have been beautifully designed and have excellent composition of photographs and drawings. The photographs are very sharp, beautifully laid out on the pages and in focus despite of large format.