Dedication of Weill Hall: Richard Meier, Architect
Richard Meier is respected around the world for his contributions to architecture. Some of his best-known projects include the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Frankfurt, Germany, the Canal Plus television headquarters in Paris, and the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art.
Mr. Meier established his own practice, now called Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP, in 1963. He was one of the New York Five, a group of architects practicing in the late 1960s who rejected modern trends in favor of the forms and theories developed by Le Corbusier in the 1920s and 1930s. Mr. Meier’s buildings rely on natural light and linear relationships to define space and create a sense of place.
A 1957 graduate of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Mr. Meier has been recognized with the highest honors available in architecture. In 2008 he received the Gold Medal for Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1997 he received the AIA Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects as well as the Praemium Imperiale from the Japanese Art Association, in recognition of a lifetime achievement in the arts. In 1995, he was elected a fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Deutscher Architekturpreis in 1993, and in 1992 the French government awarded him with the honor of Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. The Royal Institute of British Architects, of which he is a fellow, awarded him the Royal Gold Medal in 1988.
In 1984, Mr. Meier was awarded the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, considered the field’s top honor. He was the youngest recipient in the history of the prize.
