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Richard Meier (born October 12 1934 in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the largest City in New Jersey, and the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey. Newark has a population of 281,402, making it not only List of Municipalities in New Jersey but also the 65th List of United States cities by population Newark is also home to major corporations, such as Prudential Financial....
) is a American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 known for his rationalist designs and the use of the color white.

r was born in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the largest City in New Jersey, and the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey. Newark has a population of 281,402, making it not only List of Municipalities in New Jersey but also the 65th List of United States cities by population Newark is also home to major corporations, such as Prudential Financial....
. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture

The Bachelor of Architecture is an bachelor's degree academic degree designed to satisfy the academic component of professional accreditation bodies, to be followed by a period of practical training prior to professional examination and registration....
 degree from Cornell University
Cornell University

Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, USA, is a private university with four Statutory college. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar....
 in 1957, worked for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is a Chicago-based architectural and engineering firm that was formed in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel A....
 briefly in 1959, and then for Marcel Breuer
Marcel Breuer

Marcel Lajos Breuer , architect and furniture designer, was an influential Hungary-born modernism of Jewish descent. One of the masters of Modernism, Breuer displayed interest in modular construction and simple forms....
 for three years, prior to starting his own practice in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 in 1963. Identified as one of The New York Five
The New York Five

The New York Five refers to a group of five New York City architects whose work appeared in a Museum of Modern Art exhibition organized by Arthur Drexler in 1967, and the subsequent book Five Architects in 1972....
 in 1972, his commission of the Getty Center
Getty Center

The Getty Center in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA, is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The museum's permanent collection includes "pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; and 19th- and 20th-century American and European photographs"....
 in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
, California catapulted his popularity among the mainstream.

Much of Meier's work builds on the work of architects of the early to mid-20th century, especially that of Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier

Charles-?douard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and also Painting, who is famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called Modern architecture or the International Style....
 and, in particular, Le Corbusier's early phase.






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Richard Meier (born October 12 1934 in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the largest City in New Jersey, and the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey. Newark has a population of 281,402, making it not only List of Municipalities in New Jersey but also the 65th List of United States cities by population Newark is also home to major corporations, such as Prudential Financial....
) is a American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 known for his rationalist designs and the use of the color white.

Biography

Meier was born in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the largest City in New Jersey, and the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey. Newark has a population of 281,402, making it not only List of Municipalities in New Jersey but also the 65th List of United States cities by population Newark is also home to major corporations, such as Prudential Financial....
. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture

The Bachelor of Architecture is an bachelor's degree academic degree designed to satisfy the academic component of professional accreditation bodies, to be followed by a period of practical training prior to professional examination and registration....
 degree from Cornell University
Cornell University

Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, USA, is a private university with four Statutory college. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar....
 in 1957, worked for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is a Chicago-based architectural and engineering firm that was formed in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel A....
 briefly in 1959, and then for Marcel Breuer
Marcel Breuer

Marcel Lajos Breuer , architect and furniture designer, was an influential Hungary-born modernism of Jewish descent. One of the masters of Modernism, Breuer displayed interest in modular construction and simple forms....
 for three years, prior to starting his own practice in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 in 1963. Identified as one of The New York Five
The New York Five

The New York Five refers to a group of five New York City architects whose work appeared in a Museum of Modern Art exhibition organized by Arthur Drexler in 1967, and the subsequent book Five Architects in 1972....
 in 1972, his commission of the Getty Center
Getty Center

The Getty Center in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA, is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The museum's permanent collection includes "pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; and 19th- and 20th-century American and European photographs"....
 in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
, California catapulted his popularity among the mainstream.

Much of Meier's work builds on the work of architects of the early to mid-20th century, especially that of Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier

Charles-?douard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and also Painting, who is famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called Modern architecture or the International Style....
 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
Villa Savoye

The Villa Savoye is considered by many to be the seminal work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Situated at Poissy, outside of Paris, it is one of the most recognisable architectural presentations of the International Style ....
 and the Swiss Pavilion.

His work also reflects the influences of other designers such as Mies Van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies was a Germany architect. He was commonly referred to and addressed by his surname, Mies, by most of his American students and others....
 and, in some instances, Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was an United States architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works....
 and Luis Barragán
Luis Barragán

Luis Barrag?n Morfin is considered the most important Mexico list of architects of the 20th century.Educated as an engineer, he graduated from the Escuela Libre de Ingenieros in 1923 and was self-trained as an architect....
 (without the colour). White has been used in many architectural landmark buildings throughout history, including cathedrals and the white-washed villages of the Mediterranean region, in Spain, southern Italy and Greece.

In 1984, Meier was awarded the Pritzker Prize
Pritzker Prize

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honor "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture."...
, and in 2008, he won the gold medal in architecture from the Academy of Arts and Letters.

The Mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno
Gianni Alemanno

Giovanni "Gianni" Alemanno is an Italian people politician who is currently List of mayors of Rome.He joined the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement at a very early age and became national secretary of the youth organization of the party in 1988....
 included in his campaign platform a promise to tear down the big travertine wall of Meier's Ara Pacis
Ara Pacis

The Ara Pacis Augustae is an altar to Pax , envisioned as a Ancient Rome goddess. It was commissioned by the Roman Senate on 4 July 13 BC to honor the triumphal return from Hispania and Gaul of the Roman emperor Augustus, and was consecrated on 30 January 9 BC by the Roman Senate to celebrate the peace established in the Empire afte...
.

Meier is also the second cousin of the architect, theorist, and fellow member of The New York Five
The New York Five

The New York Five refers to a group of five New York City architects whose work appeared in a Museum of Modern Art exhibition organized by Arthur Drexler in 1967, and the subsequent book Five Architects in 1972....
, Peter Eisenman
Peter Eisenman

Peter Eisenman is an American architect. Eisenman's fragmented forms are identified with an eclectic group of architects that have been labeled as deconstructivism....
.

Works

Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art
the Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, 1979


  • One Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, 2003-2008
  • Ara Pacis
    Ara Pacis

    The Ara Pacis Augustae is an altar to Pax , envisioned as a Ancient Rome goddess. It was commissioned by the Roman Senate on 4 July 13 BC to honor the triumphal return from Hispania and Gaul of the Roman emperor Augustus, and was consecrated on 30 January 9 BC by the Roman Senate to celebrate the peace established in the Empire afte...
     Museum, Rome
    Rome

    Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
    , Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
    , 2006, which has been scheduled to be dismantled
  • The Atheneum
    New Harmony's Atheneum

    New Harmony's Atheneum is the visitor center for New Harmony, Indiana. It is named for the Greek Athenaion, which was a temple dedicated to Athena in ancient Greece....
    , New Harmony, Indiana
    New Harmony, Indiana

    New Harmony is a historic town in Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana, Posey County, Indiana, Indiana, 15 miles north of Mount Vernon, Indiana, the county seat, on the Wabash River....
    , 1979
  • Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art
    Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art

    The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art is situated in the Pla?a dels ?ngels, in El Raval, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Spain.It was designed by Richard Meier ....
    , Barcelona, Spain, 1995
  • Bronx Developmental Center, The Bronx, New York, 1976
  • Camden Medical Centre
    Camden Medical Centre

    File:Camden Medical Centre.JPGCamden Medical Centre is a private hospital in Singapore.External links...
    , Singapore
    Singapore

    Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
    , 1998
  • City Hall and Central Library, The Hague
    The Hague

    The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
    , The Netherlands, 1995
  • ECM City Tower, Prague
    Prague

    Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
    , Czech republic
    Czech Republic

    The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
    , 2004-2007
  • Daimler-Benz Forschungszentrum, today: Daimler Forschungszentrum, Ulm
    Ulm

    Ulm is a city in the Germany States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau ....
    , Germany, 1992
  • Douglas House
    Douglas House

    Douglas House is a residence on the shore of Lake Michigan in Harbor Springs, Michigan. It was designed by renowned architect Richard Meier. The house was built in 1973....
    , Harbor Springs, Michigan
    Harbor Springs, Michigan

    Harbor Springs is a city in Emmet County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,567 at the 2000 United States Census.Harbor Springs is in a sheltered bay on the north shore of the Little Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan....
    , 1973
  • Edinburgh Park
    Edinburgh Park

    Edinburgh Park is a business park located in South Gyle, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located to the west of the city, near Edinburgh Airport and the Edinburgh City Bypass....
     masterplan, 1995
  • Frieder Burda Museum, Baden Baden, Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    , 2004
  • Getty Center
    Getty Center

    The Getty Center in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA, is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The museum's permanent collection includes "pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; and 19th- and 20th-century American and European photographs"....
    , Los Angeles, California
    Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
    , 1997
  • Crystal Cathedral Welcoming Center
    Crystal Cathedral

    The Crystal Cathedral is a Protestant Christian megachurch in the city of Garden Grove, California, in Orange County, California, United States....
    , Garden Grove, California
    Garden Grove, California

    Garden Grove is a city located in northern Orange County, California, California, United States. In 2004, the city's population was 170,000. California State Route 22, also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, passes through the city running east-west....
    , 2003
  • High Museum of Art
    High Museum of Art

    The High Museum of Art is a leading art museum in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta, Georgia on Peachtree Street Northeast, the High is a division of the Woodruff Arts Center, which also includes the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse....
    , Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
    , 1983
  • Jubilee Church
    Jubilee Church

    The Jubilee Church, formally known as Dio Padre Misericordioso, is a church and community center in Tor Tre Teste in Rome. According to Richard Meier, its architect, it is "the crown jewel of the Holy See's Great Jubilee project" ....
    , Rome
    Rome

    Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
    , Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
     2003
  • Life Sciences Technology Building, Ithaca, New York
    Ithaca, New York

    The City of Ithaca sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York New York State, USA. It is best known for being home to Cornell University ? an Ivy League school with almost 20,000 students ....
    , scheduled completion 2007
  • Meier Tower, Tel Aviv
    Tel Aviv

    Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
    , Israel
    Israel

    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
     (2008-present)
  • Modern Art Wing Des Moines Art Center
    Des Moines Art Center

    The Des Moines Art Center is an art museum with an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media. A large exhibition hall rotates through several themes during the year, most of which are featured from one to three months at a time....
    , Des Moines, Iowa
    Des Moines, Iowa

    Des Moines , is the Capital and the most populous city in the United States U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County, Iowa....
    , 1984
  • Museum of Television & Radio
    Museum of Television & Radio

    The Paley Center for Media, formerly The Museum of Television & Radio and The Museum of Broadcasting, founded in 1975 by William S....
    , Beverly Hills, California
    Beverly Hills, California

    Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood, California are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, California....
    , 1996
  • Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas
    Texas

    Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
    , 1996
  • Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse
    Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse

    The Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse is a United States courthouse at 401 Washington Street in Phoenix, Arizona. It is named after the former Sandra Day O'Connor....
    , Phoenix, Arizona
    Phoenix, Arizona

    Phoenix is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,552,259 residents, and is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area with 4,179,427 residents....
    , 2000
  • San Jose City Hall
    San Jose City Hall

    The current City Hall of San Jose, California California, opened in 2005 and is located at 200 East Santa Clara Street, San Jos?, CA 95113....
    , San Jose, California
    San Jose, California

    San Jose or San Jos? is the List of cities in California city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States....
    , 2004-2007
  • Smith House
    Smith House

    Smith House may refer to:in the United StatesA*Lansing T. Smith House, Anniston, AL, List of RHPs in AL*William H. Smith House, Atlanta, AR, List of RHPs in AR...
    , Darien, Connecticut
    Darien, Connecticut

    Darien is a New England town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. A relatively small community on Connecticut's "Gold Coast", it is one of the most affluent towns in the United States....
    , 1965-1967
  • Stadthaus, Ulm
    Ulm

    Ulm is a city in the Germany States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau ....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    , 1994
  • University of Scranton
    University of Scranton

    The University of Scranton is a private, co-educational Society of Jesus university, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in the northeast region of the state....
    , Connolly Hall, 2007


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