RICHARD MEIERARCHITECTURE

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WHO IS RICHARD MEIER?

• Richard Meier was born on October 12, 1934 in Newark,

New Jersey.

• He studied architecture at Cornell University.

• Richard Meier is an American architect who designed his

buildings in a rational manner with

predominantly white fronts.

2Richard Emlak Kulisi. (2014).

In the majority of Richard Meier's designs, the influences of architects

who were influential in the mid-20th century, especially in the early

stages of Le Corbusier, can be observed…

Le Corbusier

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Savoya Villa-Le Corbusier Swiss Pavilion –Le corbusier

In the work of Richeard Meier some architects have effects. The most important of these architects

is Le Corbusier. Two important works of Le Corbusier are summarizing this situation to us.These are

Savoya Villa and Swiss Pavilion projects.

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Other architects whose influences Richard Meier reflected in his designs are,

Luis Barragan

Mies Van der Rohe

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Frank Lloyd Wright

In 1984, he won the Pritzker Architecture Award

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The most important feature in his work and the architect has

several factors to take into consideration when planning his

schedule;

Natural light is the fundamental element in the center of Richard Meier's work.

His buildings in a rational manner with predominantly white fronts. Because, bright white with a

bold, geometric nature is a color that he believes he heals nature and heal the world.

Throughout its 35-years career, the internationally recognized mass produced the ideals of

modernism.

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Bronx Development Center-Newyork

The project, as built, accommodates 380 residents, as well as

serving as an out-patient facility.

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The Douglas House-U.S.A.

When people enter a house, they expect the outside to be brought in, but in the Douglas House, the opposite occurs: you are transported outside, overthe lake and into the trees.

The Atheneum-Indiana

Its architecture is conceived in terms of the linked ideas of architectural promenade and historical journey of one of America’s most significant utopian communities.

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High Museum of Art-Atlanta

The High Museum of Art is a major public building and art repository that responds to the typological and contextual aspects of the museum’s program.

Arp Museum Rolandseck, Germany

The Arp Museum, sited on a wooded escarpment overlooking the Rhine, responds and echoes the forms of these captivating relics.

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Daimler-Benz Research Center-Germany

These laboratory/research facilities for Daimler-Benz in Ulm are the partial realization of a master plan for a larger research campus.

Ulm Stadhaus Exhibition & Assembly- Germany

Conceived as a programmatic and cultural complement to Ulm’s Münsterplatz and the historic mass of its cathedral, this Stadthausestablishes a modest, secular, civic presence within the main square of the city.

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Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art-Spain

Contextually responsive in its scale and orientation, this museum plays a key role in restructuring the Gothic district of Barcelona.

The Hague City Hall & Central Library-The Netherlands

This continuous mega-structural galleria, 800 by 250 feet, effectively establishes The Hague’s new city center, together with a concert hall, hotel, and dance theater to the southeast and a multiuse cultural center to the south.

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Edinburgh Park Master Plan Edinburgh -Scotland

The grand design for Edinburgh’s New Town was first put forward by James Craig in the mid-1700s and later completed by many great architects of the day, most notably William Playfair.

Museum of Television & Radio Beverly Hills, California

The Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly Hills is located prominently at the corner of North Beverly Drive and Little Santa Monica Boulevard.

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Rachofsky House Dallas, Texas

This house/private museum is anchored to the ground by a podium faced in black granite that extends both in front of and behind the main body of the building.

The Getty Center Los Angeles, California

The museum lobby provides views through the courtyard to gallery structures arrayed in a continuous sequence.

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Camden Medical Centre-Singapore

The circular plan is subdivided orthogonally, and the cylinder is serviced by a rectangular core.

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Rothschild Tower Tel Aviv, Israel

This unique residential tower is anchored to Rothschild Boulevard in the heart of Tel Aviv’s White City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Jubilee Church Rome, Italy

The Jubilee Church (La Chiesa del Dio Padre Misericordioso), conceived as part of Pope John Paul II’s millennium initiative to rejuvenate parish life within Italy

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Bodrum Houses Yalikavak, TurkeyComposed of twenty-one houses located just outside thevillage of Yalikavak on Turkey’s Bodrum Peninsula, thisproject occupies a dramatically steep hillside site featuring views to Yalıkavak Bay.

Richard Meier Web Sitesi. (2019).

References:

Emlak Kulisi. (2014). Richard Meier. https://emlakkulisi.com/richard-meier-kimdir/295880 adresinden, 21.03.2019 tarihinde erişilmiştir.

Richard Meier Web Sitesi. (2019). http://www.richardmeier.com/ adresinden, 21.03.2019 tarihinde erişilmiştir.

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