Sayre RR13 IAR 221

                                                                                         

Rules seem to be in an ever changing flow between construction and deconstruction.

This change seems to be the only constant.

Inspiration is an over arching aspect of many types of architecture. The work of one designer can be reflected in another in particular aspects of many buildings. In the case of Richard Meier, and the Getty Center II in Los Angeles(1984), Roth has determined that its inspiration was from Le Corbusier.

Getty Center II, Meier: Circular Geometric              Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier: Geometric

                         

credit                                      creditsavoye 

These two views depict architecture which in some ways is related, and in some ways have been expounded upon. The basic ideas in which parts of the Getty Center were based upon are found in buildings like the Villa Savoye. Some of Le Corbusier's rules are followed by this conglomeration of 5 buildings which make up the Getty Center. 

• In this particular aspect, the curving rooftop wall of the Villa Savoye has been dropped below.
• The ribbon windows which were a defined detail of the Villa Savoye have been draped upon this curving wall which has become a repeated motif of the Getty building.
• The columns on the outside, or piloiti's as Le Corbusier called them, remain as they were.
• The geometries of the two buildings find that the Getty building has made this form the essence of the building were as the Villa Savoye may have just discovered how it could look.

While the inspiration has a extreme hold on how the buildings look, the essence of change remains a part of architectures future. Understanding today's architecture takes into account what has gone before, and envisioning what can "go" in the future. While change is a very important aspect, the designer Richard Meier "remained consistent in [his] refinement of canonical modernist minimalism and reduction of materials." Essentially, the use of white and the smoothness of the buildings remained a major point in Meiers work, and the Getty Center II is an excellent conglomeration of these ideas placed onto the varied facades of the buildings.

A closer view of the Getty Center. Notice that many aspects that are circular, if flattened, look like some works of Le Corbusier. The importance of minimalism is evident here, yet Meier changes somewhat by using the travertine stone on the outsides of the buildings.

Getty Center II, Los Angeles Richard Meier Over head view. Scale of this center is explained by Roth to be one of the most expensive buildings of the times at $1,000 per square foot, rounding off at around $1 billion dollars.