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The Giovannitti House was built in 1983 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By the Architect Richard Meier. It is a 2.200 square **__feets__** home, **__ubicated__** in a semi-urban residential neighborhood. Meier makes use of a street that he already has done to **__orientate__** the house. __Over there (where??)__ the façade looks normal and **__make__** it looks like a simple house with some walls and windows, providing some privacy to their owners, but down the slope the reality is other. In fact Here Meier shows his ability to create very personal small spaces within volumes that display his style. In this house Meier makes use of the sense of the space combining exterior and interior with the light, joining this with a game of heights between levels. **IT** Is important to note **__the facades made of glass and steel, this allows__** the entry of light into the house and shows modern character of the structure. Light is an important element on this composition, light creates spaces and light gives the illusion of __**make bigger the interior spaces.**__ Posterior façade is made of glass and steel, allows the entrance of the light from everywhere. From there the house looks like three floors house and from the front looks like a one floor house. Inside, the program is organized vertically, giving all the spaces of this house unexpected amplitude. The dining room and guest room, located on the first level, are accessible from the garage and kitchen. The living room and the formal entry to the house, on the second level, are reached from the parapet terrace over the garage. The library and master bedroom are on the third level. A wood stair adjacent to the entry area connects all three floors The structure of the house is made of steel, glass panels, glass blocks, concrete and reinforced concrete. Finally this house represents dynamism and aesthetic, joining the interior of a familiar house with the outside nature, allows the entrance of the natural light to the interior of the house and using it as an aggregate value media type="file" key="gio3.mp3" width="240" height="20"