A01=Richard Meier
architect challenges
architecture
architecture reference
Author_Richard Meier
billion dollar project
Category=AMG
construction
cultural complexes
design
design process
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
getty center
how to design buildings
individual architects and firms
los angeles
mega project
modern architecture
planning
progress of architecture
record setting buildings
Product details
- ISBN 9780520217300
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 210 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 28 Sep 1999
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
This book provides a fascinating history of the planning, design, and construction of the six-building Getty Center in Los Angeles, one of the great cultural complexes to be built in our time. Writing with wit and passion, Richard Meier takes us behind the scenes of the thirteen-year-long, one-billion-dollar project.
Richard Meier has received the highest honors in architecture, including the 1997 Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects and the Pritzker Architecture Prize. His award-winning buildings include the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Canal + Television Headquarters in Paris, and the acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona.
