Making Architecture: The Getty Center

Meier Richard; Ada Louise Huxtable; Stephen Rountree & Harold Williams

ISBN 10: 0892364637 / ISBN 13: 9780892364633

Editore: The J Paul Getty Trust Los Angeles 1997, 1997

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25.5 x 25.5cms 168pp colour illusts very good paperback & cover This book marked the completion of the 14 year project to plan design build and occupy the Getty Center. It features Meyer's architetcural drawings. Codice articolo 20713294

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Titolo: Making Architecture: The Getty Center

Casa editrice: The J Paul Getty Trust Los Angeles 1997

Data di pubblicazione: 1997

Legatura: Brossura

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This volume completes the documentation of the planning, design, and construction of the Getty Center begun inThe Getty Center (1991). Designed by Richard Meier and Partners, the Getty Center sits atop a stunning 110-acre hilltop in west Los Angeles and is the new home for the Museum, the five Institutes, and the Grant Program that make up the J. Paul Getty Trust.

The book includes a series of essays that underscore the challenges faced by architect, contractor, and owner working collaboratively. A chronology identifies the key dates and events in the design and construction process. Extensively illustrated with photographs by several accomplished photographers, site drawings from Richard Meier and Partners, and Robert Irwin's drawings of the Central Gardens, the book presents readers with an insider's view of the making of the Getty Center.