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The Getty Center, Los Angeles
Richard Meier and Partners
Robert Irwin, central garden - Emmet L. Wemple and Associates and the Olin Partnership, landscaping - Thierry W. Despont, interior gallery design -
Photographs from Friday, August 26, 2005

Page One: Introduction and Reference Material

Page Two: Vistas with Geometry

Page Four: Basic Right Angles

Page Five: Public Spaces

Page Six: Gardens, Water

Page Seven: Stairs and Walls
 
A cool colonnade –

The Getty Center, Friday, August 26, 2005

Two views of the swoopy stuff –

The Getty Center, Friday, August 26, 2005

The Getty Center, Friday, August 26, 2005

Playing with straight lines, circles and light - 

The Getty Center, Friday, August 26, 2005

Just a brutal façade - 

The Getty Center, Friday, August 26, 2005

Geometrically perfect, but not very inviting -  

The Getty Center, Friday, August 26, 2005

An odd tower –

The Getty Center, Friday, August 26, 2005
















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