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October 12, 2009 has been a big day for American architecture: Richard Meier turned 75.  Reason enough to raise a glass to him, says TASCHEN and announces a special artist’s edition of a publication dedicated to R. Meier.

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Richard Meier

Hardcover + Box, 22.5 x 30 cm, 176 pages
€ 1250.00

The limited edition of 100 copies worldwide, each numbered and signed by Richard Meier in 1996, traces the development of Richard Meier, one of the foremost architects of our times, and affords a generous overview of his projects to date.  The monograph is not suited for an impluse buy though – it is a collectors edition and thus is available for the high price of 1250€…

More info here.

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For the smaller budget, there’s another possibility:

Richard Meier & Partners, Complete Works 1963-2008

Jodidio, Philip
Hardcover, 30.5 x 39 cm, 568 pages
€ 100.00

The great American architect’s career to date

“The entire span of Meier’s career, right up to his most recent designs for New York and Shenzhen, is included in this exceptional volume, created in close collaboration between the architect, the author, and the eminent graphic designer Massimo Vignelli . This spectacular monograph displays Meier’s work in unprecedented size and brilliance, and features a preface by the noted Spanish architect Alberto Capo Baeza.”

More info here.