RichardMeier,Architect

AccompanyingamajorexhibitionorganizedbytheMuseumofContemporaryArt，LosAngeles(andtravelingthroughouttheworld)，thisexquisitelydesignedandproducedcatalogexplorestheformalaspectsofRichardMeier'sarchitecture.Overhisthirty-five-yearcareer，Meierhasproducedabodyofworkthatisrecognizedforitsunceasingpursuitoftheidealsofmodernismanditssensitivehandlingofurbancontexts.Thisvolume，illustratedwithexceptionalduotonephotographsandMeier'sowndrawings，isthefirsttocoverhisentirecareer.Includedaretwenty-fourofthearchitect'smasterworks，includingtheSmithHouseinDarien，Connecticut;theDouglasHouse，ontheshoresofLakeMichigan;theMuseumforDecorativeArtsinFrankfurt;theCanal+HeadquartersinParis;theMuseumofContemporaryArtinBarcelona;andtheGettyCenterinLosAngeles.Currentprojects--theFederalCourthouseinPhoenix，Arizona，andtheChurchoftheYear2000inRome--arealsopresented.DozensofMeier'soriginalsketches--mostneverbeforepublished--illustrateallofthedesigns.Essaysbynotedhistoriansandscholarsofferreadingsoftheworkfocusedonthemesofabstraction，light，andspace，andafullyillustratedchronologycompletesthecomprehensivepresentationofMeier'sbuildingsandprojects.