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The Frankfurt Museum for Decorative Arts is one of Richard Meier's majoruildings of the 1980s. This book looks at this building which is based on Leorbusier's Purist syntax and sets out from two existing geometries found onhe site: the cube formed by the Villa Metzler (an earlier neo-classicalavilion, incorporated by Meier into the new design) and the slightly skewngle between the museum site and the riverbank. From these origins Meierreated a building consisting of shifted grids, superimposed planes, reverseurves and ramps.;It should be especially useful for all architects andtudents interested in museum design, or more generally in Richard Meier'strategies of architectural composition.;The book is part of the "rchitecture in Detail" series. The books do not carry a contents list. Theommon layout of the books in the series is: essay, photographs, speciallyommissioned drawings, reference details (bibliography and chronology). Eachf these monographs is designed to be a complete and accurate archival recordnd intended to be the standard reference on that building for students and