Description: This rare 2 volume slipcased set of The Getty Center covers the entire spectrum of architectural design and construction at the much heralded museum and is no longer available. The Getty Center:Design process from 1991 is out of print and covers the entire chronology of the project beginning with the purchase of The Getty Site in September if 1983, and concludes with a design being unveiled to the public in October of 1991. The 144 page document is historical in nature as it chronicles the design process and its evolution in great detail including models, design sketches, elaborate drawings and renderings. The Getty Center: Making Architecture from 1997 follows the museums ten year construction process in seductive detail, with essays by Harold M.Williams, Ada Louise Huxtable, Stephen D. Rountree, and architect Richard Meier. Scores of drawings accompany the dazzling photographs of building and site. The 168 page book provides both a record of the building process as well as a visual commentary on the drama of the architecture and its relationship to its site. One owner who has kept the 2 book set in an Architectural Library since 1997, with minor shelf wear to the slip case commensurate with its age.
Price: 135 USD
Location: Bridgehampton, New York
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Book Title: Making Architecture:The Getty Center+Design Process
Item Length: 10.25”
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1997
Type: Does not apply
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 1.5”
Author: Harold Williams/Bill Lacy
Genre: Architecture, Business & Economics
Topic: Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, Museum Administration & Museology, General
Item Width: 10.25”
Item Weight: 70.4oz
Number of Pages: 312
