Making Architecture: The Getty Center / Design Process (vols I & II in slipcase)

Richard Meier; Ada Louise Huxtable; Stephen Roundtree; Bill Lacy & Harold M Williams

ISBN 10: 0892364637 / ISBN 13: 9780892364633

Published by The J Paul Getty Trust Los Angeles 1997, 1997

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26.0 x 26.0cms 302pp in toto b/w & colour illusts 2 very good+ paperbacks in similar slipcase Vol i: the architectur selection & design advisory committees: the architectural program; the design process; the site; the preliminary designs; final design May 1991; excerpts from the architectural program. Vol 2:; project chronology: the clash of symbols; a concert of wills; a vision of permanence; site diagrams models & plans; construction; the Getty Center Spring 1997.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Architecture: The Getty Center / Design Process (vols I & II in slipcase)
• Publisher: The J Paul Getty Trust Los Angeles 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892364637
• ISBN 13: 9780892364633
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

This volume completes the documentation of the planning, design, and construction of the Getty Center begun in The 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.

About the Author

Ada Louise Huxtable was architecture critic at the "New York Times" from 1963 to 1982. Among the books she has written are "Classical New York" and "Pier Luigi Nervi".

Richard Meier's first book, Terrain Vague, was selected by Tomaz Salamun for the Verse Prize and published by Verse Press in 2001. He lives in Orfordville, Wisconsin and teaches at Columbia College Chicago.