Background
Richard Meier was born on October 12, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. The oldest of three sons of Carolyn (Kaltenbacher) and Jerome Meier, a wholesale wine and liquor salesman, in Newark, New Jersey.
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Richard Meier was born on October 12, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. The oldest of three sons of Carolyn (Kaltenbacher) and Jerome Meier, a wholesale wine and liquor salesman, in Newark, New Jersey.
He grew up in nearby Maplewood, where he attended Columbia High School. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University in 1957.
After graduation, Meier traveled to Israel, Greece, Germany, France, Denmark, Finland, and Italy, among other places, to network with architects.
In New York City, Meier worked for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill briefly in 1959, and then for Marcel Breuer for three years, prior to starting his own practice in 1963. In 1972, he was identified as one of The New York Five, a group of modernist architects: Meier, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, and John Hejduk. Early in his career, Meier worked with artists such as painter Frank Stella and favored structures that were white and geometric.
Meier first gained significant recognition for his designs of various residences in addition to The Atheneum in New Harmony, Indiana (1979) and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia (1983).
Today, Richard Meier & Partners Architects has offices in New York and Los Angeles with current projects ranging from China and Tel Aviv to Paris and Hamburg.
Much of Meier's work builds on the work of architects of the early to mid-20th century, especially that of Le Corbusier and, in particular, Le Corbusier's early phase. Meier has built more using Corbusier's ideas than anyone, including Le Corbusier himself. Meier expanded many ideas evident in Le Corbusier's work, particularly the Villa Savoye and the Swiss Pavilion.
Westbeth Artists Community, New York City, 1970
Condominium of the Olivetti Training Center in Tarrytown, New York, 1971
Meier House, Essex Fells, New Jersey, 1965
Smith House, Darien, Connecticut, 1965–1967
Douglas House, Harbor Springs, Michigan, 1973
Bronx Developmental Center, The Bronx, New York, 1976
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, 1979
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1983
Des Moines Art Center Modern Art Wing, Des Moines, Iowa, 1984
Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, 1985
Daimler-Benz Forschungszentrum, today: Daimler Forschungszentrum, Ulm, Germany, 1992
Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm, Germany, 1994
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain, 1995
City Hall and Central Library, The Hague, Netherlands, 1995
Edinburgh Park Masterplan, 1995
Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas, 1996
Neugebauer House, Naples, Florida, 1998
Paley Center for Media, formerly The Museum of Television & Radio, Beverly Hills, California, 1996
Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, 1997
Camden Medical Centre, Singapore, 1998
White Plaza, Basel, Switzerland, 1998
173/176 Perry Street, Manhattan, 1999–200
Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse, Phoenix, Arizona, 2000
Peek & Cloppenburg flagship store, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2001
Cathedral Cultural Center, Garden Grove, California, 2003
Jubilee Church, Rome, Italy 2003
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden Baden, Germany, 2004
Ara Pacis Museum, Rome, Italy, 2006
City Tower, Prague, Czech Republic, 2004–2007
Arp Museum, Remagen-Rolandseck, Germany 2008
San Jose City Hall, San Jose, California, 2004–2007
University of Scranton, Connolly Hall, 2007
Weill Hall, Ithaca, New York, 2008
Meier Tower, Tel Aviv, Israel (2008–present)
On Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, 2003–2008
International Coffee Plaza, Hamburg, Germany, 2010
Bodrum Houses, Bodrum, Turkey, 2010–present
Vinci Partners Corporate Headquarters, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012
Vitrum Apartments, Bogotá, Colombia, 2013
Fellow American Institute of Architects (medal of honor New York chapter 1980, national design committee 1972-1974, 30 American Institute of Architects national awards 1968-2006, 50 chapter awards New York 1965-2006, Chicago Architect award, 1995, 5 Progressive Architecture awards 1979, 89, 90, 91, 95, Gold medal 1997), American Academy Arts and Sciences, 1995. Member National Academy of Design (academician), International Institute Architects, Royal Institute British Architects (Royal Gold medal 1989), Belgian Royal Academy Art (Lifetime Achievement award Guild Hall 1991, commander de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, France, 1992).
Fellow American Institute of Architects (medal of honor New York chapter 1980, national design committee 1972-74, 30 American Institute of Architects national awards 1968-2006, 50 chapter awards New York 1965-2006, Chicago Architect award, 1995, 5 Progres
1972 - 1974
American Academy Arts & Sci.
1995; National Academy of Design (academician)
International Institute Architects
Royal Institute British Architects (Royal Gold medal 1989)
Belgian Royal Academy Art (Lifetime Achievement award Guild Hall 1991, commander de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, France, 1992).