Richard meier was born in newark, new jersey in 1934. The aim is to show, through morphological analysis of form, that the creative. The smith house by architect richard meier in darien ct. The smith house, one of the most iconic structures of the twentieth century designed by richard meier, celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. Voir plus didees sur le theme analyse, analyse spatiale et richard meier. Inside a beautifully restored richard meierdesigned house. Wikibooks is an open collection of mostly textbooks. Visual computations a group theoretical analysis of the smith. The layout was also very unique when trying to reverse engineer the house going off of old images and drawings we were provided and that i found. Douglas is probably richard meiers best house, said architect and former meier employee henry smithmiller in an interview with dwell for a. Richard meier, over a five decade career, has been associated with a recognizable design. 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. In 1980 1983 meier designed the high museum of art in atlanta, georgia. Richard meiers smith house was one of the iconic american architects earliest forays into residential architecture.
The residential commission allows one to formulate ideas and develop a set of principles that, one hopes will inform future works for a long time to come. Richard meiers smith house, a design that clearly exemplifies formal qualities of. Currently formal analyses using group theoretical tools focus on. From a distance, the cubic composition appears to flatten into a twodimensional shape against the. Richard meier graduated from cornell university in 1957 then worked with a series of architects, including skidmore, owings, and merrill and. Five works by starchitect richard meier, now on the market. He earned a bachelor of architecture degree from cornell university in 1957, worked for skidmore, owings and merrill briefly in 1959 then for marcel breuer for three years started his own practice in new york in 1963. Richard meier architect the smith house web of stories. The smith house, built amidst the rocks and trees of a oneandahalfacre site, overlooks long island sound. Feb 17, 2016 richard meiers smith house was one of the iconic american architects earliest forays into residential architecture. The smith house catapulted richards career as an architect, and it was the project that helped to define richard meiers architectural language and the design philosophy of the firm, said his. A look into richard meiers iconic smith house cultured. 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. Starting with the smith house in the 1960s, meier developed certain work tactics with design elements and operational procedures that become constant and consistent across a wide spectrum of designs and building types, thus forming a signature style douglas house richard.
His most wellknown buildings included the atheneum in new harmony, indiana. Meier smith house revit renderings 3d cad model library. The model itself was definitely a challenge to say the least. The original owner of the property had planned on building a onestory house, but due to exorbitant demolition costs. Subjects range from computing to languages to science. Richard meier, architect, 19641984 by richard meier, 1984. In richard meiers case, the grotta house is the culmination of the styles and techniques that can be found in the best of his work. The smith house is chosen because it represents the beginnings of the formal vocabulary and formal logic of richard meier, a logic that.
Richard meier, in full richard alan meier, born october 12, 1934, newark, new jersey, u. From a distance, the cubic composition appears to flatten into a twodimensional shape against the background of land and sky. Meiers first project was the smith house, in darien, connecticut, in 1965. From the street, the building looks like a simple house with the ramp from the house to the street. From the street, the building looks like a simple house with. Carole smith called richard meier and told him about a site in darien, ct. Smith house the great inspiration for your building.
Jun 25, 2012 in 1998 he wasawarded the prestigious pritzker architecture prize. Architect richard meier interview architectural digest. 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 smith house by architect richard meier was built in darien, connecticut, united states in 19651967.
Richard meiers very big house in the country building. It is similar to the approach at meiers smith house, which sits on a rocky promontory in connecticut. Lower level plan kaiti koslowski university of michigan. Smith house richard meier great buildings architecture. The giovannitti house by architect richard meier was built in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, united states in 19791983.
Architect richard meier takes leave of absence following. His early experience included work with the firm of skidmore, owings and. Meiers american homes look like the penthouses of skyscrapers with the hills providing all the elevation. See more ideas about richard meier, house and architecture. This language has some formal characteristic that has. It designed by richard meier in 1965, used a modern style with simple forms and materials.
A group theoretical analysis of the smith house by richard meier. Designed and constructed in the second half of the 1980s, the house also exhibits the grottas exceptional collection of crafts and furniture. In 1998 he wasawarded the prestigious pritzker architecture prize. She was looking for a young architect who would give full attention to her house. These are renderings of a replication project of meier smith house i completed using revit 2014 for one of my classes at penn college. The smith house catapulted richard s career as an architect, and it was the project that helped to define richard meier s architectural language and the design philosophy of the firm, said his. The house analysis from the front walkway, visitors approach a mostly opaque white wood facade before crossing a ramp and entering on the houses second level figure 7 the house style fig. 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. Merely said, the richard meier smith house analysis is universally compatible later than any devices to read. Smith house by richard meier architect, at darien, connecticut, 1965 to 1967, architecture in the great buildings online.
Richard meier richard meier, has been associated with recognizable use of its own language in the field of architecture. Richard meier kaiti koslowski 020710 upper level plan 18 the smith house building by. Critic kenneth frampton called it a panoramic belvedere overlooking the rocky shoreline, a work of. 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. Richard meier recalls of the project that would later propel his career as an architect. Smith house sean corriveau arch 211 richard meiers milestone moment. Smith house is a house located at darien, connecticut, usa. Richard meier, american architect noted for his refinements of and variations on classic modernist principles. A group theoretical analysis of the smith house by richard meier article pdf available january 2009 with 1,360 reads how we measure reads. The smith house, built amidst the rocks and trees of a oneandahalfacre site, overlooks long island sound from the connecticut coast. This paper addresses the aesthetics of how a building is designed. It designed by richard meier in 1965, used a modern style with simple forms and materials the house designed for carole and fred i. His practice has completed commissions worldwide that. In all his work carried out with characteristic refined style he refuses to bend to the trends of modern architecture.
The object of analysis has been polemically selected here to be the richard meiers smith house, a design that clearly exemplifies formal. The relationship of line, surface, color, movement and space. The hidden geometry of the douglas house article pdf available in research journal of applied sciences, engineering and technology 712. The original owner of the property had planned on building a onestory house, but due to exorbitant demolition costs the architectural world gained a oneofakind masterpiece. Behind, the land clears and rises to the center of the site, then drops sharply to the rocky shoreline and a small, sandy cove. A dense cluster of evergreens stands at the entrance to the property. The smith house set on the craggy coast of long island sound in darien, connecticut, richard meiers smith house is a modernist lighthouse of transparent geometry. I would even call it antiamerican, although richard would never agree with me on that. January 23, 2014 richard meier founded his new york citybased firm in 1963. Taking the smith house by richard meier 19651967 as an example, this paper. I dont know, but after that was published in the new york times then i got this call from people named smith, and so the smith house was in a sense a really, the first, you know, time in which i could start to think about things a little bit differently. Smith house the great inspiration for your building design.
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