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Building the Getty
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Building the Getty Paperback - 1999

by Meier, Richard

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University of California Press, 1999-09-14. Paperback. Like New. **PAPERBACK** No stamps or inscriptions; clean condition
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  • Title Building the Getty
  • Author Meier, Richard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition F First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 220
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
  • Date 1999-09-14
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000298289
  • ISBN 9780520217300 / 0520217306
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.09 x 8.25 x 0.55 in (20.55 x 20.96 x 1.40 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southern California
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
  • Library of Congress subjects Los Angeles (Calif.) - Buildings,, Getty Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99020219
  • Dewey Decimal Code 727.709

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From the rear cover

This book provides a fascinating history of the planning, design, and construction of the six-building Getty Center in Los Angeles, one of the great cultural complexes to be built in our time. Writing with wit and passion, Richard Meier takes us behind the scenes of the thirteen-year-long, one-billion-dollar project.

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About the author

Richard Meier has received the highest honors in architecture, including the 1997 Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects and the Pritzker Architecture Prize. His award-winning buildings include the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Canal + Television Headquarters in Paris, and the acclaimed Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona.