Lower level plan kaiti koslowski university of michigan. Meiers american homes look like the penthouses of skyscrapers with the hills providing all the elevation. Richard meier has produced a large volume of work notable for its dramatic spatial effects and great elegance. Richard meier house plans will smith house richard meier smith house plan. A dense cluster of evergreens stands at the entrance to the property. As striking as the result is, it was not inevitable that a meier villa would find a home in this officially.
This 2,200 square foot home, meiers smallest residential project to date, is located in a small sloping site just miles east of pittsburghs downtown, within a semiurban residential neighborhood. Richard meier founded his new york city based firm in 1963. Richard alan meier was born in 1934 in newark new jersey. This house is located in 20 spaeth lane, east hampton, ny comissioned in 1967 and finished in 1969, the saltzman house won an aiany merit award in. Richard meiers very big house in the country building.
In 1965, he designed a house for his parents in essex fells, new jersey, it. Through the morphological analysis in 2d and 3d drawings, both relational and constructive, of the smith house 19651967, the paper aims to read the intellectual form of the. The connecticut home, constructed for the smith family and built between 1965 67, lies tucked away amongst the rocky landscape and greenery on the areas picturesque gold coast, situated within the small lakeside town of darien. Representing the aesthetics of richard meier s houses using building information modeling. Richard meiers work is world renouned of course, but he is known mostly for his museums, like the getty in l. Richard meiers characteristic geometric designs make prominent use of the colour white, as illustrated here in two of his iconic residential works from the late 1960s and early 70s. The saltzman house was a project from the architect richard meier. Skilfully captured by renowned architectural photographer yukio futagawa, the smith house and douglas house are superb demonstrations of meiers design. Of course, most of us know jeanneret by the name he gave himself le corbusier a. A study of contemporary building materials used by four us architects steven holl, michael maltzan, thom mayne and richard meier reveals complex techniques and nuanced spatial effects, which are achieved through close collaboration with construction industries.
Smith house floor plan richard meier smith house dimensions. Introduction thesis richard meier is recognized as a late modernist due to his extension of the visual language of le corbusier. The template has been used as the starting point for modeling the smith house, the. Critic kenneth frampton called it a panoramic belvedere overlooking the rocky shoreline, a work of. Smith house sean corriveau arch 211 richard meier s milestone moment. The giovannitti house by architect richard meier was built in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, united states in 19791983. Their as foreign to the interlocking ot le corbusiers carthage villa 1928 it to the histcicizm ot the carminati d casa at 939 fig. Within these practices, the material library is superseded by the material laboratory. Richard meier, in 1983, photographed by irving penn. He has been associated with a group of architects, the new york five, which includes peter eisenman, michael graves, john hejduk, and charles gwathmey. The smith house, built amidst the rocks and trees of a oneandahalfacre site, overlooks long island sound from the connecticut coast.
The smith house is chosen because it represents the beginnings of the formal vocabulary and formal logic of richard meier, a logic that endures throughout his later career. Queen anne house historic greek revival house plans. Richard meier recalls of the project that would later propel his career as an architect. Richard meier will present his work in a public lecture to be followed by a conversation with a moderator and fellow partners bernhard karpf, reynolds logan, and dukho yeon in honor of fifty years of independent practice. Giovannitti house woodland drive pittsburgh pa 15217 usa. Architect richard meier interview architectural digest. Smith house is located along cro boulevard across from shain library and is attached to burdick house.
At home with starchitect richard meier in east hampton. This paper addresses the aesthetics of how a building is designed. Five works by starchitect richard meier, now on the market. Completed in 1967, smith house was one of richard meiers earliest commissions and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Richard meier fireplaces stand alone in the interior, just as his houses are isolated in the landscape. Richard meier the architectural league of new york. Behind, the land clears and rises to the center of the site, then drops sharply to the rocky shoreline and a small, sandy cove. In 1980 1983 meier designed the high museum of art in atlanta, georgia. In all his work he refuses to bend to the trends of modern architecture. Five decades later, richard meier unites with smith house. Richard meier was born in newark, new jersey on october 12, 1934. Charles and sumner greene designed the gamble house fireplace as an integral extension of the interior woodwork in the same way they extend the exterior finishes of the house into the landscape. The smith house set on the craggy coast of long island sound in darien, connecticut, richard meier s smith house is a modernist lighthouse of transparent geometry.
With the getty center and more recent buildings such as the jubilee church in rome, meier has established a reputation for expanded the horizons of contemporary. The first would be the smith house in darien, connecticut, completed in 1967, which attracted a certain amount of attention that made it possible to do other things. We are dedicated to be the best cad resource for architects,interior designer and landscape designers. See more ideas about architecture design, architecture and bamboo architecture.
Richard meier creates a striking minimalist home in the. Architect richard meier design has created the most perfect watch to honor his high museum in atlanta, georgia. After setting the standard for east end elegance in the 1960s, the architect still resides in the hamptons in the only home he has ever. Meiers first project was the smith house, in darien, connecticut, in 1965. The smith house by architect richard meier in darien ct. The building timepieces collection commissioned architectural icons of the 20th century to create a wearable homage to museums and performing arts centers they had. Richard meiers smith house was one of the iconic american architects earliest forays into residential architecture.
From his early days as one of the new york five, richard meier has been a central figure in contemporary architecture. Smith house richard meier great buildings architecture. The smith house located in darien, connecticut is significant to richard meiers works because it is the first of meiers series of white buildings. It is similar to the approach at meiers smith house, which sits on a rocky promontory in connecticut. Judging by a new set of images shot by photographer mike schwartz, the building with its lightflooded interior and floortoceiling windows enabling stunning vistas of the long island sound has aged gracefully. It designed by richard meier in 1965, used a modern style with simple forms and materials the house designed for carole and fred i. Its also home to the largest concentration of hightech expertise in the world, with 6,600 tech companies. From the street, the building looks like a simple house with. The smith house by architect richard meier was built in darien, connecticut, united states in 19651967. Richard meier a life time of architecture 2d digital. This house is located in 20 spaeth lane, east hampton, ny comissioned in 1967 and finished in 1969, the saltzman house won an aiany merit award in 1972.
Modernist architect and furniture designer graves, hejduk and meier all began there architectural search with their concern for organizing the visual world as in painting in a spatially. The smith house by richard meier in darien ct drawing. Richard meiers douglas house joins usas historic places list. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the pritzker prize for architecture and the gold medal of the american institute of architects. Smith house is a house located at darien, connecticut, usa. The museum houses meiers personal art studio, a research library, and rotating exhibitions, in addition to more than 300 of meiers models. Updating an early richard meier design creating a cohesive connection between a shingle cottage and richard meierdesigned contemporary house in mount kisco was the goal of the current owners, who. Twentyfive years later after graduating from cornell universitys architecture school, and after cornell, working briefly for som meier decided that the best mentor he could personally select was swissborn architect, charlesedouard jeanneret. Homes made from shipping containers unique floating homes. Richard meier began his career in the early 1960s designing private residential projects whose elegant modernist style and white facades have become icons of modern architecture. The smith house by architect richard meier in darien ct drawing plan view of site. Despite double and triple height spaces both meiers smith house and craves to house designed with a concern with end present in three the of the of home fig.
In particular, his jubilee church in rome, italy 2003, is designed. The game room also has an extensive collection of board games, lounge furniture and tables for studying and playing. Some of the projects exhibited on the show include the house designed by richard meier for his parents in essex fells, new jersey, the ulm stadthaus, and the iconic smith house in darien. Richard meier kaiti koslowski 020710 upper level plan 18 the smith house building by. Smith house the great inspiration for your building. Smith house sean corriveau arch 211 richard meiers milestone moment. Smith features a new game room with new and refurbished equipment including table tennis, foosball, air hockey and corn hole.
The comprehensive collection spans the entirety of the grand masters career. Smith house by richard meier architect, at darien, connecticut, 1965 to 1967, architecture in the great buildings online. Meier earned a bachelor of architecture degree from cornell university in 1957. These cad drawings are available to purchase and download immediately.
In 1998 he wasawarded the prestigious pritzker architecture prize. Burgwin wright house in wilmington burgwin wright house wilmington nc. With the getty center and more recent buildings such as the jubilee church in rome, meier has secured his reputation for expanding the horizons of contemporary american architecture while maintaining his rigorously rational approach to design and detailing. Giovannitti house pittsburgh by richard meier and partners.