Richard Meier
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Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American architect known for his rationalist designs and the use of the color white.
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[edit] Biography
Meier was born in Newark, New Jersey.[1] He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University in 1957, worked for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill briefly in 1959, and then for Marcel Breuer for three years, prior to starting his own practice in New York in 1963. Identified as one of The New York Five in 1972, his commission of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, 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 and, in particular, Le Corbusier's early phase. Meier has built more using Corbusier's ideas than anyone, including Le Corbusier himself[citation needed]. Meier expanded many ideas evident in Le Corbusier's work, particularly the Villa Savoye and the Swiss Pavilion.
His work also reflects the influences of other designers such as Mies Van der Rohe and, in some instances, Frank Lloyd Wright and Luis Barragán (without the colour)[citation needed]. 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,[2] and in 2008, he won the gold medal in architecture from the Academy of Arts and Letters.[3]
The Mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno included in his campaign platform a promise to tear down the big travertine wall of Meier's Ara Pacis.[citation needed]
Meier is also the second cousin of the architect, theorist, and fellow member of The New York Five, Peter Eisenman.
Meier's work was displayed on The Real Housewives of New York City. Two of the women go to the Model Museum in Long Island City, NY to see his work.
[edit] Works
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- One Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, 2003-2008
- University of Scranton, Connolly Hall, 2007
- Ara Pacis Museum, Rome, Italy, 2006 (There has been talk of dismantling and relocating the museum since the election of Gianni Alemanno in 2008[4])
- The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, 1979
- Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain, 1995
- Bronx Developmental Center, The Bronx, New York, 1976
- Camden Medical Centre, Singapore, 1998
- City Hall and Central Library, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1995
- ECM City Tower, Prague, Czech republic, 2004-2007
- Daimler-Benz Forschungszentrum, today: Daimler Forschungszentrum, Ulm, Germany, 1992
- Douglas House, Harbor Springs, Michigan, 1973
- Edinburgh Park masterplan, 1995
- Frieder Burda Museum, Baden Baden, Germany, 2004
- Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, 1997
- Crystal Cathedral Welcoming Center, Garden Grove, California, 2003[5]
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1983
- Jubilee Church, Rome, Italy 2003
- Weill Hall, Ithaca, New York, 2008
- Meier Tower, Tel Aviv, Israel (2008-present)
- Modern Art Wing Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, 1984
- Museum of Television & Radio, Beverly Hills, California, 1996
- Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas, 1996
- Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse, Phoenix, Arizona, 2000
- San Jose City Hall, San Jose, California, 2004-2007
- Smith House, Darien, Connecticut, 1965-1967
- Stadthaus, Ulm, Germany, 1994
[edit] References
- ^ Tempest, Rone. "America's Designs on Europe Top quality U.S. architectural firms, feeling the pinch at home, are finding work in Europe-and are snapping up some of the most sought-after projects.", Los Angeles Times, August 25, 1992. Accessed September 19, 2008. "When the Canal Plus building was under construction, Meier said he had 17 American staffers on the ground supervising the work. But the lopsided European proportion of his recent workload has concerned the silver-haired, Newark, N.J.-born architect."
- ^ Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
- ^ "Academy of Arts and Letters Announces Award Winners", Artinfo, April 17, 2008. accessdate=2008-05-19
- ^ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3854713.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093 New mayor of Rome threatens to scrap "disfiguring" Richard Meier museum
- ^ http://www.e-architect.co.uk/los_angeles/crystal_cathedral.htm
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- Richard Meier official website
- Baden-Baden website
- Burda Museum website
- Rachofsky House website
- An appreciation of the O'Connor Courthouse with photographs
- An appreciation of the Hague City Hall
- Architect Richard Meier Designed Modern Home in Dallas, Texas
- Collages by Richard Meier
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