The Getty Center Design Process

Williams, Harold M.; Lacy, Bill; Rountree, Stephen; Meier, Richard

ISBN 10: 0892362103 / ISBN 13: 9780892362103

Published by Getty Publications, Los Angeles, CA, 1997

About this Item

A crisp, clean, Fine copy signed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier on the title page. 144 pp., profusely illustrated with models, plans, profiles, axonometrics, sketches, renderings, photos, topo maps, etc. of Richard Meier's masterpiece. A great reference of the design history of one of the great museums of the world.

Seller Inventory # 007541

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Getty Center Design Process
• Publisher: Getty Publications, Los Angeles, CA
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892362103
• ISBN 13: 9780892362103
• Binding: Wraps
• Edition: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern Architecture and Design

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Synopsis

Documents in text, drawings, and panoramic photos the planning for the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the design of which was unveiled to the public in October 1991. The site was purchased in 1983 and the architectural firm (Richard Meier & Assoc.) was chosen the next year from among 33 invit