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Graduated Cornell University with University with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1957 •
Awards Pritzker Prize 1984
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AIA Gold Medal 1997
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Richard Meier
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Le Corbusier Frank Lloyd Wright Alvar Aalto Mies an er o e
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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
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Douglas House Video: location Google Earth
3490 South Lakeshore Drive, Harbor Springs, Michigan, MI, USA
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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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References
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ahabreh, 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-house-
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by-richard-meier/ Richard Meier – Douglas House. (1975). Japan: A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo Co., Ltd.
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ongman-Sereno, M. (n.d.).
ssignment 3. Retrieved from: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~markjs/hw3.html
inner K. (2011). Restoring a Classic: Richard Meier’s Douglas House.
etrieved from: http://www.archdaily.com/165964/
restoring-a-classic-richard-meiers-douglas-house/
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Richard Alan Meier, Faia (1934-) . (n.d.). Retrieved from: http://www.trianglemodernisthouses.com/meier.ht
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Richard Meier Architect. (1978). New York: Oxford University Press.
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Welton, J. (2011). On the Waterfront. Retrieved from: http://www.dwell.com/house-tours/slideshow/waterfront? lide=13&c=y&paused=true#15
