2024-05-07T13:52:11-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150044534/richard-meier-discusses-his-first-black-building-in-new-time-space-existence-video Archinect 2018-01-11T13:41:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/su/suktsmdi861ba0qw.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Richard Meier&rsquo;s oeuvre is known for bold, geometric buildings cast in luminous white, a color he believes enhances nature and refracts the world. One of the most recognized architects alive today, Meier has dedicated five decades to his field and worked on projects around the globe. As part of our partnership with <a href="https://plane-site.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PLANE&mdash;SITE</a> (a Berlin-based creative agency working at the interface of urban form, cultural space and social life), we are sharing another video from their <em><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1038019/time-space-existence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Time-Space-Existence</a>&nbsp;</em>series featuring Richard Meier.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vv/vvelosexv39jjvq2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vv/vvelosexv39jjvq2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>685 First Avenue &copy; bloomimages</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/tc/tcpb6rpo5ayr3ufs.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/tc/tcpb6rpo5ayr3ufs.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>685 First Avenue &copy; bloomimages</figcaption></figure><p>In this new short video, Meier discusses his first ever black building, 685 First Avenue in New York, as well as his love of designing buildings for public gathering, for enjoyment and for learning. Part of the renowned New York Five group of Modernist architects, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect, over the course of his fifty-year career, has consistently placed formal clarity, light, and abstraction at t...</p>