Meier Richard
Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1934, Richard Meier studied architecture at the Cornell University and set up his own studio in New York in 1963. Among his most famous projects, worthy of note are the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the High Museum in Atlanta; the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Barcellona and the Atheneum in New Harmony, Indiana. He was awarded the Pritzker Prize for architecture ( 1984), the Royal Golden Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1989), Commander of Arts and Literature of the French Government (1992), the Imperial Praemium of the Japanese Government (1997) and AIA golden medal (American Institute of Architects). Meier has also obtained many honorary degrees.
