num_pages: 168
description: The spectacular new Getty Center in Los Angeles boasts commanding views of the Pacific Ocean, the city of Los Angeles, and the Santa Monica Mountains. Designed by internationally acclaimed architect Richard Meier, the complex manifests Meier's aim to "search out a precise and exquisitely reciprocal relationship between built architecture and natural topography." This book documents the making of that architecture.
language: English
title: Making Architecture: The Getty Center
titlecomplete: Making Architecture: The Getty Center (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)
ratings_count: 10
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Interior Design/Architecture
publisher: J. Paul Getty Trust