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Richard Meier!

Born on October 12, 1934

Newark, New Jersey, US

Richard Meier!

Graduated Cornell University with a Bachelor

of Architecture in 1957
Awards
Pritzker
Pritzker Prize 1984
AIA Gold Medal 1997

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 Influences
Le Corbusier
Frank Lloyd Wright
Alvar Aalto
Mies Van der Rohe

3 main characteristics
Dynamic style
Modern, pure, organic
and elegant design
White
Natural light

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White is the most wonderful color

because within it you can see all the
colors of the rainbow. The whiteness
of white is never just white; it is almost
always transformed by light and that
which is changing; the sky, the clouds,
the sun and the moon.!
Richard Meier!

Prism Experiment, Newton!

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Douglas House!
Video: location
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3490 South Lakeshore Drive, Harbor Springs, Michigan, MI, USA!

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wind direction!
Lake Michigan!

! House adapted to site!

! Dialogue between the whiteness
of the house and the green-bluenatural environment!
! Distant relative of Smith House!

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S. Lakeshore Dr.!
solar orientation!

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Video: Street view !

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Douglas House Entrance!

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Douglas House View from the top (Google Earth)!

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Douglas House View from Lake Michigan!

Roof level!
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Plan!

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Upper level!

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Basement!

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Structure!

Plan!

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bearing wall!
! Column distinguishes
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negative; private and public!
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Enclosure!

Plan!

! Front public / Back private!

! Public: external
extroverted expression!
! Private: internal
introverted expression!
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Materials!
Wood!

Steel!

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Concrete!

Glass!
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Program!
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Circulation!

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Other views from the house!

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References!
Dahabreh, S. (n.d.). Douglas House: The formation of a language. Retrieved from: http://www.sss9.or.kr/paperpdf/adp/
SSS9_2013_REF002_P.pdf
Dwell. (2011). Icon: Douglas House by Richard Meier. Retrieved from: http://www.dailyicon.net/2011/09/icon-douglas-houseby-richard-meier/
Richard Meier Douglas House. (1975). Japan: A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo Co., Ltd.
Jongman-Sereno, M. (n.d.). Assignment 3. Retrieved from: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~markjs/hw3.html
Minner
Minner, K. (2011). Restoring a Classic: Richard Meiers Douglas House. Retrieved from: http://www.archdaily.com/165964/
restoring-a-classic-richard-meiers-douglas-house/
Richard Alan Meier, Faia (1934-). (n.d.). Retrieved from: http://www.trianglemodernisthouses.com/meier.htm
Richard Meier Architect. (1978). New York: Oxford University Press.
Welton, J. (2011). On the Waterfront. Retrieved from: http://www.dwell.com/house-tours/slideshow/waterfront?
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