Richard Meier Architect 1964 1984

Author : Richard Meier
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UVA:X004008610

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Richard Meier, Architect, 1964/1984 by Richard Meier Pdf

"This book documents the complete architectural work of Richard Meier to date. Prominently featured among his built works are the famous neo-Purist houses done in the 1960s and early 1970s, and, much more current, his newly completed High Museum in Atlanta. Ample coverage is also given to important unbuilt projects, such as the administrative headquarters designed in 1982 for the Renault Corporation. Presented chronologically, the works are lavishly illustrated in both color and black and white, with full documentation in drawings, photographs, and sketches. An extensive and insightful introduction by Joseph Rykwert ranges over Meier's career, tracing the development of major themes in his work and placing them into historical context."--Front flap.

Author : Richard Meier
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Architects
ISBN : UCSD:31822008079444

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Richard Meier, Architect by Richard Meier Pdf

"A sequel and companion to Richard Meier, architect (Rizzoli, 1984), this substantial new volume resumes the documentation of the numerous and varied works created since 1984 by one of America's most important architects and a winner of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture. Meire's crisp, dynamic, and elegant designs stand forth in all their purity in this illustrated volume designed by Massimo Vegnelli. Included are his Museum for the Decorative Arts and the Museum of Ethnology, both in Frankfort: the Getty Center, Los Angeles; The Hauge City Hall and Central Library; the Canal+ Headquarters, Paris; and several private houses. Twenty-eight projects in all are presented, as well as a chapter devoted to Meier's object designs."--Back flap of cover.

Author : Michael J. Ostwald,Josephine Vaughan
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783319324265

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The Fractal Dimension of Architecture by Michael J. Ostwald,Josephine Vaughan Pdf

Fractal analysis is a method for measuring, analysing and comparing the formal or geometric properties of complex objects. In this book it is used to investigate eighty-five buildings that have been designed by some of the twentieth-century’s most respected and celebrated architects. Including designs by Le Corbusier, Eileen Gray, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry, Peter Eisenman, Richard Meier and Kazuyo Sejima amongst others, this book uses mathematics to analyse arguments and theories about some of the world’s most famous designs. Starting with 625 reconstructed architectural plans and elevations, and including more than 200 specially prepared views of famous buildings, this book presents the results of the largest mathematical study ever undertaken into architectural design and the largest single application of fractal analysis presented in any field. The data derived from this study is used to test three overarching hypotheses about social, stylistic and personal trends in design, along with five celebrated arguments about twentieth-century architecture. Through this process the book offers a unique mathematical insight into the history and theory of design.

Author : Charles Gwathmey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Architects
ISBN : UOM:39015020862705

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Charles Gwathmey and Robert Siegel by Charles Gwathmey Pdf

Author : William H. Jordy,University Professor of Art William H Jordy,Mardges Bacon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0300094493

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"Symbolic Essence" and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture by William H. Jordy,University Professor of Art William H Jordy,Mardges Bacon Pdf

'The Symbolic Essence of Modern European Architecture of the Twenties and Its Continuing Influence'), this collection contains critical writings on works by Mies, Corbusier, Kahn, and Venturi, as well as one previously unpublished text. Jordy leads readers to discover important connections of architecture with art, literature, intellectual history, symbolic structures, social purpose and community. He significantly shaped the way we understand the character and meaning of modern architecture and American culture.

Author : Michelangelo Sabatino,Ben Nicholson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781452960388

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Avant-Garde in the Cornfields by Michelangelo Sabatino,Ben Nicholson Pdf

A close examination of an iconic small town that gives boundless insights into architecture, landscape, preservation, and philanthropy Avant-Garde in the Cornfields is an in-depth study of New Harmony, Indiana, a unique town in the American Midwest renowned as the site of two successive Utopian settlements during the nineteenth century: the Harmonists and the Owenites. During the Cold War years of the twentieth century, New Harmony became a spiritual “living community” and attracted a wide variety of creative artists and architects who left behind landmarks that are now world famous. This engrossing and well-documented book explores the architecture, topography, and preservation of New Harmony during both periods and addresses troubling questions about the origin, production, and meaning of the town’s modern structures, landscapes, and gardens. It analyzes how these were preserved, recognizing the funding that has made New Harmony so vital, and details the elaborate ways in which the town remains an ongoing experiment in defining the role of patronage in historic preservation. An important reappraisal of postwar American architecture from a rural perspective, Avant-Garde in the Cornfields presents provocative ideas about how history is interpreted through design and historic preservation—and about how the extraordinary past and present of New Harmony continue to thrive today. Contributors: William R. Crout, Harvard U; Stephen Fox, Rice U; Christine Gorby, Pennsylvania State U; Cammie McAtee, Harvard U; Nancy Mangum McCaslin; Kenneth A. Schuette Jr., Purdue U; Ralph Schwarz; Paul Tillich.

Author : Alastair Gordon
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568982724

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Weekend Utopia by Alastair Gordon Pdf

The Hamptons are hot. Gordon, who grew up there, traces the invention of the idea of the Hamptons as a resort for the elite of New York City and shows how various forces, including artists, real estate developers, and media professionals transformed what had been a quiet rural place into a modern and worldwide phenomenon. 175 illustrations.

Author : Simon Unwin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317810940

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Analysing Architecture by Simon Unwin Pdf

Now in its fourth edition, Analysing Architecture has become internationally established as the best introduction to architecture. Aimed primarily at those wishing to become professional architects, it also offers those in disciplines related to architecture (from archaeology to stage design, garden design to installation art), a clear and accessible insight into the workings of this rich and fascinating subject. With copious illustrations from his own notebooks, the author dissects examples from around the world and all periods of history to explain underlying strategies in architectural design and show how drawing may be used as a medium for analysis. This new edition of Analysing Architecture is revised and expanded. Notably, the chapter on ‘Basic Elements of Architecture’ has been enlarged to discuss the ‘powers’ various architectural elements offer the architect. Three new chapters have been added to the section on ‘Themes in Spatial Organisation’, covering ‘Occupying the In-between’, ‘Inhabited Wall’ and ‘Refuge and Prospect’. Two new examples – a Mud House from Kerala, India and the Mongyo-tei (a tea house) from Kyoto, Japan – have been added to the ‘Case Studies’ at the end of the book. The ‘Select Bibliography’ has been expanded and the ‘Index’ revised. Works of architecture are instruments for managing, orchestrating, modifying our relationship with the world around us. They frame just about everything we do. Architecture is complex, subtle, frustrating... but ultimately extremely rewarding. It can be a difficult discipline to get to grips with; nothing in school quite prepares anyone for the particular demands of an architecture course. But this book will help. Analysing Architecture is the foundation volume of a series of books by Simon Unwin exploring the workings of architecture. Other books in the series include Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand and Exercises in Architecture.

Author : Chiu-Shui Chan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319140179

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Style and Creativity in Design by Chiu-Shui Chan Pdf

This book looks at causative reasons behind creative acts and stylistic expressions. It explores how creativity is initiated by design cognition and explains relationships between style and creativity. The book establishes a new cognitive theory of style and creativity in design and provides designers with insights into their own cognitive processes and styles of thinking, supporting a better understanding of the qualities present in their own design. An explanation of the nature of design cognition begins this work, with a look at how design knowledge is formulated, developed, structured and utilized, and how this utilization triggers style and creativity. The author goes on to review historical studies of style, considering a series of psychological experiments relating to the operational definition, degree, measurement, and creation of style. The work conceptually summarizes the recognition of individual style in products, as well as the creation of such styles as a process before reviewing studies on creativity from various disciplines, presenting case studies and reviewing works by master architects. Readers will discover how creativity is initiated by design cognition. A summary of the correlations between creativity and style, expressed as a conceptual formula describing the cognitive phenomenon of style and creativity concludes the work. The ideas presented here are applicable to all design fields, allowing designers to comprehend and improve their design processes to produce creative, stylistically unique products.

Author : James Stevens Curl,Susan Wilson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780191053856

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The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture by James Stevens Curl,Susan Wilson Pdf

Containing over 6,000 entries from Aalto to Zwinger and written in a clear and concise style, this authoritative dictionary covers architectural history in detail, from ancient times to the present day. It also includes concise biographies of hundreds of architects from history (excluding living persons), from Sir Francis Bacon and Imhotep to Liang Ssu-ch'eng and Francis Inigo Thomas. The text is complemented by over 260 beautiful and meticulous line drawings, labelled cross-sections, and diagrams. These include precise drawings of typical building features, making it easy for readers to identify particular period styles. This third edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture has been extensively revised and expanded, with over 900 new entries including hundreds of definitions of garden and landscape terms such as Baroque garden, floral clock, hortus conclusus, and Zen garden-design. Each entry is followed by a mini-bibliography, with suggestions for further reading. The full bibliography to the first edition (previously only available online) has also been fully updated and expanded, and incorporated into this new edition. This is an essential work of reference for anyone with an interest in architectural and garden history. With clear descriptions providing in-depth analysis, it is invaluable for students, professional architects, art historians, and anyone interested in architecture and garden design, and provides a fascinating wealth of information for the general reader.

Author : Jamie Wright Coniglio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032943610

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Richard Meier, Architect by Jamie Wright Coniglio Pdf

Author : Julienne Hanson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0521543517

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Decoding Homes and Houses by Julienne Hanson Pdf

Exploration of the relationship between the design of housing and domestic routine.

Author : Simon Unwin
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0415228735

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An Architecture Notebook by Simon Unwin Pdf

A companion volume to the author's successful text, Analysing Architecture, this book follows the same approach and format to explore conceptual themes in architecture further.

Author : Richard Meier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Architects
ISBN : UCSD:31822008079758

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Richard Meier by Richard Meier Pdf

Uitgebreid overzicht van het werk van de Amerikaanse architect (geb. 1934)

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : MINN:31951D02061940M

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Richard Meier by Anonim Pdf

Richard Meier is one of our most acclaimed Modernist architects. This book showcases his rarely-seen work in sculpture, collage, furniture and personal accessories.