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ARCHITECTURE

RICHARD MEIER

M eier received his
architectural training at
Cornell University and
established his own office in
New York City in 1963. He has been awarded
the highest honors in the field including the
Pritzker Prize for Architecture, the Gold
Medals of the American Institute of Architects
and the Royal Institute of British Architects as
well as the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan
Art Association.

For over five decades, Richard Meier & Partners
has been selected to create important works in
both the public and private spheres. Meier’s
thoughtful, elegant contemporary architecture
exceeds expectations for beauty and form while
fulfilling complex operational needs.

The work of Richard Meier is instantly
recognizable and internationally respected.
Meier’s projects have received 30 National
Honor Awards from the American Institute of
Architects and over 50 from the New York AIA
and other regional chapters.

Meier is known for resisting trend-based
design, instead developing his own design
philosophy rooted in rationalism. He is noted
for his use of ‘white’, the absence of color,
an intrinsic characteristic of his works. His
philosophy is grounded in using light as the
main material to give form to his orderly,
sculptural, and linear architecture.

Photo: Flickr.com, Richard Meier & Architecture Partners LCC

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