Richard Meier

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Richard Meier (born October 12 1934 in Newark, New Jersey) is a late twentieth century American architect known for his use of the color white. He achieved a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University in 1957, worked for SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill) briefly in 1959, then for Marcel Breuer for three years before starting his own practice in 1963. Identified as one of The New York Five in 1972, his commission of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California catapulted his popularity.

In 1984 he was awarded the Pritzker Prize.

Meier has two children - a son and a daughter. His oldest son, Joseph Meier attended the Dalton School and Yale University where he was a member of the secret Manuscript Society.

Works

• ECM City Tower, Prague, Czech republic, 2004-2007
• San Jose Civic Center, San Jose, California, 2004-2007
• Life Sciences Technology Building, Ithaca, New York, scheduled completion 2007
• Frieder Burda Museum, Baden Baden, Germany, 2004
• Jubilee Church, Rome, Italy, 2003
• Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse, Phoenix, Arizona, 2000
• Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, 1997
• Museum of Television & Radio, Beverly Hills, California, 1996
• Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain, 1995
• The Hague City Hall and Central Library, 1995
• Stadthaus, Ulm, Germany, 1994
• Daimler-Benz Forschungszentrum, today: DaimlerChrysler Forschungszentrum, Ulm, Germany, 1992
• Modern Art Wing Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, 1984
• High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1983
• The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, 1979
• Bronx Developmental Center, The Bronx, New York, 1976
• Douglas House, Harbor Springs, Michigan, 1973
• Smith House, Darien, Connecticut, 1965-1967

External links

• [Richard Meier official website]
• [Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate] 1984
• [Meier's Manhattan towers]
• [Meier's Miami Condo]
• [Baden-Baden website]
• [Burda Museum website]
• [An appreciation of the O'Connor Courthouse with photographs]
• [Getty Museum Photos]
• [Richard Meier in Europe(Photos)]
• [Richard Meier : architect biography]

 

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