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Richard Meier

Most Popular • Documentary, Special Interest, 01-Jan-1986

Abstract architect and artist, Richard Meier, guides us on a detailed retrospective of his famed white buildings. Throughout his career, during which he designed a number of private homes and public establishments, Meier cites names such as Corbusier, Wright and Mies as his heaviest influences. Sharing in their artistic philosophy and theory, Meier has developed his own unique approach to design and construction. Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, Meier's boldly recognizable stark white structures have solidified him as a staple of modern architecture. The film ends with Meier in Brentwood, deeply contemplating his approach to his latest project: the Getty Center.

Tags
Museum for Decorative Arts, Smith House, Bronx Developmental Center, High Museum of Art, Des Moines Art Center, The Getty, Frank Lloyd Wright (The Nature of Materials), manipulation of space and light, industrialized society, material, abstract architecture, neo-classical, de Kooning, Marcel Breuer, Ezra Stoller, Frick Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Philip Johnson, Modernism, abstract
Cast
Richard Meier Self
Arthur Cohen Self
Elaine Cohen Self
Michael Graves Self
Philip Johnson Self
Carolyn Kaltenbacher Self
Gunter Standke Self
Ezra Stoller Self
Richard von Weizsäcker Self
Crew
Michael Blackwood director
Suzanne Stephens head writer
Michael Blackwood producer
Wibke von Bonin producer
Rolf Porsborn producer

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