RICHARD MEIER

Let There Be LightThe work of celebrated American architect Richard MeierAs one of the most important contemporary architects, Richard Meier (b.1934) is a key figure in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series. Hisbrilliant career ranges from elegant family homes to dazzlinginstitutional buildings like the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art.This work gives an insight into the development of his œuvrestarting with the early designs and culminating with his latest buildings,exploring his combination of precisely calculated proportions and highquality materials, resulting in exquisite structures and light floodedspaces.About the Series:Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series features:? approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, andfloor plans? introductory essays exploring the architect's life and work, touching onfamily and background as well as collaborations with other architects? the most important works presented in chronological order, withdescriptions of client and/or architect wishes as well as constructionproblems and resolutions? an appendix including a list of complete or selected works, biography,bibliography and a map indicating the locations of the architect's mostfamous buildings