Richard Meier
Subtitle: details
By: Werner Blaser ; [translation English/German, Axel Haase ; translation German/English, John Dennis Gartrell].
Contributors: Meier, Richard, 1934-
Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag; Birkhauser Verlag
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Basel; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Meier, Richard, 1934-  -- Themes, motives; Architecture -- Details; Architectural practice, International; Architecture, Postmodern
Description: In this book Werner Blaser presents the most important buildings and projects that Richard Meier has produced and designed in recent years.

All the buildings and projects are presented from the same aspects: situation, program, circulation, structure, texture, layers. This permits an effective comparison of the various buildings, and brings out their aesthetic individuality and the guiding principles behind their construction. By highlighting key details, the monograph demonstrates the allegiance of Meier's latest works to the ideal of classical art, combining the simple with the noble into a contemporary harmonious whole.