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Richard Meier
Architect

Richard Meier

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Designing the Getty Center and modernist museums.

High Museum of Art · Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art

Born
12 October 1934
Birthplace
Newark

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Richard Meier

Richard Meier is an American architect associated with geometric forms, white surfaces and large cultural commissions.

Early life

Education

Grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, and graduated in architecture from Cornell in 1957.

Career

  1. 1963

    Independent practice

    Established his own firm after working for other New York practices.

  2. 1984

    Pritzker Prize

    Received the architecture prize.

  3. 1997

    Getty Center

    Completed the Los Angeles museum complex.

Selected buildings

High Museum of Art

Designed the Atlanta museum building.

Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art

Designed the museum in Barcelona.

Getty Center

A museum and cultural campus in Los Angeles.

Beyond architecture

Art

Has also worked as an abstract artist.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: David Shankbone. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.