The development and significance of Richard Meier's work is discussed in two essays by the distinguished architectural historians and critics Kenneth Frampton and Joseph Rykwert. A biographical chronology and a selected bibliography complete this elegant and comprehensive monograph on a modern American master.
Richard Meier received his architectural training at CornellUniversity and established his office in New York in 1963.
Since that time, his international practice has included museums,courthouses, city halls, corporate headquarters, educationalfacilities, and public housing in addition to private houses.He has received numerous awards for his work, including thePritzker Prize for Architecture and the Gold Medal of theAmerican Institute of Architects.
Kenneth Frampton is Ware Professor of Architecture at ColumbiaUniversity"s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, andPreservation.
Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture atthe University of Pennsylvania.
Steven Holl practices architecture in New York and is a tenuredprofessor of architecture at Columbia University.
Preface
Meier in Transition by Kenneth Frampton
On Form and Style by Joseph Rykwert
Private Buildings and Projects
Neugebauer House
Beach House
Country House
/ Perry Street
Kojaian Apartment
Joy Apartment
Charles Street Apartments
Rickmers Residence
Public Buildings and Projects
Cittadella Bridge
Camden Medical Center
United States Courthouse and Federal Building
Sandra Day O"Connor United States Courthouse
Peek & Cloppenburg Department Store
Reederei Rickmers Headquarters
International Center for Possibility Thinking
San Jose Civic Center
UCLA Broad Art Center
Hans Arp Museum
FSM East River Master Plan
Burda Collection Museum
Performing Arts Center
History of Art and Arts Library Building, Yale University
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
World Trade Center, Memorial Square
Restaurant
Jesolo Lido Hotel and Residential Complex
Jubilee Church
Postscript by Steven Holl
Biography
Bibliographical Chronology
Bibliography
Collaborators
Photographers