Skilfully captured by renowned architectural photographer yukio futagawa, the smith house and douglas house are superb demonstrations of meiers design. The house is sited in the middle of an approximately threeacre lot that slopes gently from north to south and fronts onto a pond that was created in the late 1950s. Meier first gained attention with his white and immaculate neocorbusian villas set in nature, such as his smith house 19651967 at darien, connecticut. Feb 17, 2016 richard meiers smith house was one of the iconic american architects earliest forays into residential architecture. Richard meier born october 12, 1934 is an americanabstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white he was born as the oldest of three sons of jerome meier, wholesale wine and liquor salesman,and carolyn kaltenbacher innewark, new. The smith house by architect richard meier was built in darien, connecticut, united states in 19651967. Skilfully captured by renowned architectural photographer yukio futagawa, the smith house and douglas house are superb demonstrations of meier s design. Its 2,800 square feet of living space has simple, industrialinspired hardware and modestly scaled bedrooms, but it derives its. Queen anne house historic greek revival house plans. Meier earned a bachelor of architecture degree from cornell university in 1957. Melvyn maxwell and sara stein smith house michigan modern.
The smith house, one of the most iconic structures of the twentieth century designed by richard meier, celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. I cant believe its been 50 years since i first experienced the smith house. Residential masterpieces 15 morphosis crawford residence blades residence. Behind, the land clears and rises to the center of the site, then drops sharply to the rocky shoreline and a small, sandy cove. Mit architects have produced the first prototype pinwheel house in an effort to see if lowcost homes can be. Building a large post frame garage full timelapse construction. So steep is the fall of the land from the road down to the water that the house appears to have been notched into the site, a machined object perched in a natural world. The smith house was a seminal project for me, meier acknowledges today. For richard meier, just over 50 years ago, it all started with the right commission. The smith house by richard meier, celebrates 50 years with new. Autocad drawing smith house 3d model richard meier. He was just 31 when he designed the smith house in darien. Residential masterpieces 14 michael graves hanselmann house snyderman house.
It designed by richard meier in 1965, used a modern style with simple forms and materials. The smith house is part of a series of singlefamily homes rationalists that mark a first step in the work of meier, when it was part of the group the five architects the compact, prismatic shape of the house expresses a certain attitude toward the place, besides being a refuge is also an object, reflecting and refracting the surrounding natural scene. Smith house 3d model, richard meier architect in 3d. Posted on may 14, 2014 january 11, 2016 by shuchi mishra. Jan 25, 2018 built in 1967 and one of richard meier s first home designs, the smith house in darien, ct, is on the market for the first time in 50 years. The smith house is a work of modern architecture designed by richard meier, a wellknown architect born in 1934 who led the avantgarde modern architecture movement of the 1960s. From the street, the building looks like a simple house with the ramp from the house to the street. The smith house, built amidst the rocks and trees of a oneandahalfacre site, overlooks long island sound from the connecticut coast. Smith house darien, connecticut 19651967 27 saltzman house east hampton, new york 19671969 39. Meiers douglas house meanwhile is situated on an isolated site that slopes down to lake michigan. Aug 04, 2011 i used revit to model and document richard meier s the smith house.
The smith house catapulted richards career as an architect, and it was the project that helped to define richard meier s architectural language and the design philosophy of. From the front, the smith houselocated in darien, connecticut, and completed in 1967is a narrow, threestory white box. It allowed me to articulate some ideas i was starting to pursue, such as the balance between public and private space. Richard meier, in full richard alan meier, born october 12, 1934, newark, new jersey, u. 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. I was only 5 years old then, but the childlike wonder i felt then come back to me every time i walk up the ramp, inside the door, and feel richard meiers design. The house s levels can be traced in the mullions of the glazing, which echo the dramatic horizontals of the lakes surface, the horizon, and the shoreline. Aug 20, 20 title slide of casa smith richard meier slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. More sketches take a peek at some of the sketches created by our users, are you a sketchite. Richard meier revisits the house that launched his career50. One day i had a call from carole smith asking if i would be interested in designing a weekend house for her in darien, connecticut. In 1998 he wasawarded the prestigious pritzker architecture prize. Add richard meier to that list, an architect currently making a big mark here in new york with his first nyc skyscraper design.
Richard meier, architect, 19641984 by richard meier, 1984. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. 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. Designed as a weekend retreat for new yorkers carole and fred i. John smith house clinton, wisconsin, nrhplisted in rock count j. The melvyn maxwell and sara stein smith house is a onestory structure with an lshaped plan containing approximately eighteen hundred square feet of living space. Smith house floor plan richard meier smith house dimensions.
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 house within its. In 1965, he designed a house for his parents in essex fells, new jersey, it was one of the earliest completed projects by meier. Canada designed 1964, with geoffrey massey photo by ezra stoller esto for thumbnails and project information click in photo. Richard meiers smith house celebrates 50th anniversary with. It is similar to the approach at meiers smith house, which sits on a rocky promontory in connecticut. As striking as the result is, it was not inevitable that a meier villa would find a home in this officially. Richard meiers modernist smith house in connecticut lists. A group theoretical analysis of the smith house by richard meier.
Secondary school is a sixyear public school in the commonwealth of virginia, in the united states. C opened 49 years ago in 1971, robinson is located south of braddock road near george mason university, and is administered by the fairfax county. Richard alan meier is an american architect whose work of architecture is noted for its geometric patterns, rich spatial exposures with emphasis on light and a dominance of the use of white colour that gives the structures a pristine look. Autocad drawing of the smith house 3d model, threedimensional model, is a work of modern architecture designed by the architect richard meier.
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. The douglass house is the evolutionary result of an investigation that richard meier began with the smith house connecticut, 19651967 and continues with. The unimpeded flow of space from inside out, so powerfully inscribed in the smith house, is rendered more profound. Richard meiers smith house, a design that clearly exemplifies formal qualities of late modernism architecture such as abstraction, layering, complexity, depth. One of architect richard meiers earliest projects is portrayed in a fresh set of images by mike schwartz to commemorate the projects 50th. 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. Smith house united states the architect organizes the floor plan by zoning a characteristics of his first houses. Smith and their two young sons, the house capitalizes on its dramatic 1. Behind, the land clears and rises to the center of the site. Richard meiers smith house was one of the iconic american architects earliest forays into residential architecture. Built in 1967 and one of richard meier s first home designs, the smith house in darien, ct, is on the market for the first time in 50 years.
Richard meier architect the smith house web of stories. Smith house the great inspiration for your building design. Burgwin wright house in wilmington burgwin wright house wilmington nc. Richard meier was born in newark, new jersey on october 12, 1934. One of them is the smith house, situated in the town of darien in connecticut which overviews the long island sound. From the front, the smith house located in darien, connecticut, and completed in 1967is a narrow, threestory white box. Smith house and granary, green bay, nrhplisted in brown county richard c. The smith house catapulted richards 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. I was only 5 years old then, but the childlike wonder i felt then come back to me every time i walk up the ramp, inside the door, and feel richard meier s design. A look into richard meiers iconic smith house cultured. With its exterior walls of vertical wooden siding, this crisply composed, compact house is a modern new england house, following a genre established earlier by gropius and breuer. Vertical mullions fan out from the corners, carrying with them the lines of the great trees alongside the house. Designed by richard meier, the smith home is a waterfront. Richard meiers 1960s smith house captured in new photographs.
In 1980 1983 meier designed the high museum of art in atlanta, georgia. I used revit to model and document richard meier s the smith house. Meiers first project was the smith house, in darien, connecticut, in 1965. Casa smith, richard meier juan fernando gomez pena pdf a. The view is always amazing but its the architecture that turns it into art. Richard meier biography childhood, life achievements. Richard meier creates a striking minimalist home in the. Its 2,800 square feet of living space has simple, industrialinspired hardware and modestly scaled bedrooms, but it derives its considerable drama from the nearly the fullheight glass walls that face the sound and. The smith house by richard meier, celebrates 50 years with. Residential masterpieces 16 le corbusier shodhan house. The smith house, built amidst the rocks and trees of a oneandahalfacre site, overlooks long island sound.
Roland adolph boettcher, 84, of camp douglas, died saturday, june 16, 2001, at serenity house in tomah. Smith house united states the architect organizes the floor plan by zoning a. Smith house is a house located at darien, connecticut, usa. The smith house is a work of modern architecture designed by richard meier, a wellknown architect born in 1934 who led the avantgarde modern architecture. Known as robinson secondary school, it is located in fairfax county, a suburb southwest of washington, d. Meier smith house revit renderings 3d cad model library. His early experience included work with the firm of skidmore. Richard meier house plans will smith house richard meier smith house plan. Smith house by richard meier architect, at darien, connecticut, 1965 to 1967, architecture in the great buildings online. And i remember going up to the site with the smiths, this beautiful site overlooking the. Smith house richard meier great buildings architecture. See more ideas about douglas house, richard meier and 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 pritzker prizewinning american modernist and abstract artist, richard meier has designed multiple iconic structures. Meier changed smith s initial idea of a splayedout ranch house. 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. Richard meier s 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 smith house by architect richard meier in darien ct. Richard meier revisits the house that launched his career. Dec 03, 2016 richard meier, in 1983, photographed by irving penn. The model itself was definitely a challenge to say the least. The smith house was planned starting in 1965 and completed in 1967 in darien, connecticut, and overlooks the long island sound from the connecticut coast.
Richard meiers very big house in the country building. Meiers american homes look like the penthouses of skyscrapers with the hills providing all the elevation. Richard meiers smith house celebrates 50th anniversary. A dense cluster of evergreens stands at the entrance to the property. A group theoretical analysis of the smith house by richard meier article pdf available january 2009 with 1,360 reads how we measure reads. Homes made from shipping containers unique floating homes.
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