A new luxury residential tower by richard meier partners creates a new model of urban living in taiwan.
Richar meier curved roof house.
In all his work he refuses to bend to the trends of modern architecture.
These sunscreens are pulled away from the mass of the house at a roof level to create a transitional space between the house and the terrace.
The brick walls block the building off from the street creating a sense of privacy.
Richard meier oxford university press 1976.
The overall form of the house is a large rectangle set on end.
From the road the house reads as a layered wall of rectilinear sheets while from the terrace and pool the house is experienced as a dense massing of white posts and curved sunscreens.
In 1965 richard meier completed the meier house for his parents nestled in a natural setting in essex fells.
Commissioned by the continental development corporation the xin yi residential tower sets an important precedent in taiwan as the first building to dedicate its entire landscape for public use.
The circulation system that guides the movement through the house extends far beyond the limits of the building itself.
The interior looks out on an enclosed courtyard as well as a golf course on the adjacent site.
Spanned by a curved form zinc roof at the heart of the house are located the living room dining room and family room.
Within the smith house joins the horizontal movement of cells deprived areas and also links them to the public areas.
West elevation courtesy of richard meier partners architects.
The masonry bearing walls and their large glass openings are capped with a wide parapet that encloses a roof garden.
Modern structure with a flat roof clad with redwood.
The owners wanted a one story house.
Large glass walls bring the beauty of nature inside blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior while large brick walls block the building off from the street creating a sense of privacy.
Born in 1934 the prominent american architect richard meier is best known for the getty center in los angeles.
The view from these rooms showcases the view of the entire valley to the west accented by a large cantilevered brise soleil above an entertaining terrace.
By the time you reach this terrace with it s view to the pacific the house.
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By the time one reaches the terrace with its view of the endless pacific the house sky and mountains have become elements in a spatial conception that.
Situated in a prestigious residential community on a one and a half acre waterfront site this house faces southwest over doubloon bay.
This block is a huge expanse of curved glass allowing view in and out of the room.
