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by Richard Meier. New York: Rizzoli, 2004, 432 pages (5.2 lbs), $80
Architectural monographs have come to look like expensive office brochures, with testimonial essays as introductions. Aside from production quality and style, size and weight (no small matters), they differ mainly in the degree of their authors' endorsements: from simple description to unabashed hagiography.
Four new books on the work of Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Mario Botta, and Cesar Pelli are all very beautifully produced in full color. All use the time-tested format of introductory essays by well-known historians/critics, followed by a presentation of buildings and projects.
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