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Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934) is an American abstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white. [1] A winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1984, Meier has designed several iconic buildings including the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and San Jose City Hall.
In 1960 Meier worked on his first recorded design, a competition entry for the design of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. [1] In 1964 Meier founded Richard Meier & Partners, through which he would produce all of his work for the next several decades. The firm would grow to have an office in New York, and one in Los Angeles. [1]
Located in Downtown San Jose, it was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier in a Postmodern style. It consists of an 18-story tower, an iconic glass rotunda, and a city council chamber wing, laid out within a two-block-long public square known as San José Civic Plaza.
The Smith House is a work of contemporary architecture designed by Richard Meier, a well-known architect born in 1934 who led the avant-garde modern architecture movement of the 1960s. [1] The Smith House was planned starting in 1965 and completed in 1967 in Darien, Connecticut , and overlooks the Long Island Sound from the Connecticut coast. [ 2 ]
In 1965, renowned architect Richard Meier was commissioned to design the Frederick J. Smith House in Darien, Connecticut.The house was completed in 1967 and featured on the cover of a magazine, where it was seen by James and Jean Douglas of Grand Rapids, Michigan. [2]
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In 1983, a 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m 2) building designed by Richard Meier opened to house the High Museum of Art. Meier won the 1984 Pritzker Prize after completing the building. The Meier building was funded by a $7.9 million challenge grant from former Coca-Cola president Robert W. Woodruff matched by $20 million raised by the museum.
The design of the square, Münsterplatz, has been the subject of heated arguments for 105 years, resulting in 17 design competitions, in which expert opinions and plans were submitted. [4] [5] In 1986 Richard Meier’s design was chosen by the panel.