[....] ''White is the most wonderful color,” he said. “Within it you can see all the colors of the rainbow''. 

But an old friend, and a special commission, have gotten the architect to change his stripes. Mr. Meier has designed a black building.

At East 39th Street and First Avenue in Manhattan, developer Sheldon Solow will be unveiling a 42-story, 556-unit residential building. It will be Mr. Meier’s tallest in the city and his first since his trio of apartment towers on West Street were completed in 2004.......Continue Reading

A rendering, center, in black, of a 42-story, 556-unit residential building on Manhattan’s East Side designed by architect Richard Meier for developer Sheldon Solow. Image © Vize/Richard Meier& Partners Architects.

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