Richard Meier was born in

Newark, New Jersey on

October 12, 1934.

 Meier earned a Bachelor of

Architecture degree from Cornell
University in 1957.

 In 1965, He designed a
house for his parents in
Essex Fells, New Jersey, it
was one of the earliest
Completed projects by
Meier.

 In 1967, He Complete Smith House in Darien,

Connecticut, who later became a Typology that guided
the design of Private houses which he designed later.

 In 1970, He started the Project of Bronx

Developmental Center in The Bronx, New York, it
was one of the his earliest large buildings of
Alucobond.

 In 1973, He designed Douglas House in Harbor

Springs, Michigan, it had an interesting view so many
newspapers published articles about it.

 In 1979 He appeared to work in Museum for the

Decorative Arts In Frankfurt, Germany, the project
represented a starting point for Richard Meier because it
was the first European large project for him.

 In 1979, He designed The High Museum of Art in

Atlanta, Georgia.

 In 1984, at the age of 49 Meier

was awarded the Pritzker Prize
which awarded annually by the
Hyatt Foundation to honor "a
living architect whose built
work demonstrates a combination of
those qualities of talent, vision and
commitment, which has produced
consistent and significant contributions
to humanity and the built environment
through the art of architecture.

 In 1984, He designed
The Getty Center in
Los Angeles,
California, it is The
largest Meier project
At all, It took 13 years
to build (1984-1997).

 In 1988, Meier was awarded royal institute of British

Architects medal

 In 1989, He designed
Frankfurt Museum of
Ethnology in Frankfurt,
Germany. Meier described
this a project that he
regretted to not used its
design in most of his
buildings.

 Nowadays, Richard Meier

& Partners Architects has
offices in New York and
Los Angeles with current
projects ranging from
China to Paris, and he was
awarded more than 80
awards between 1968 and
2010.

 Richard Meier Architecture

went through many stages of
evolution, but eventually it
settles in the pattern which has
the following features:
1. in terms of Form:
2. in terms of Colors:
3. in terms of Materials:
4. in terms of Lighting:

International
Center for
Possibility
Thinking,
Garden
Grove,
California

Shenzhen
Housesm
Shenzhen,
China

Tianjin Villa,
Tianjin,
China

Burda
Museum,
BadenBaden,
Germany

International
Center for
Possibility
Thinking,
Garden
Grove,
California

Burda
Museum,
BadenBaden,
Germany

Bayer AG
Headquarters,
Leverkusen,
Germany

Barcelona
Museum of
Contemporary
Art,
Barcelona,
Spain

Avery Fisher
Hall
Competition,
Lincoln
Center, New
York,USA

Daimler-Benz
Research
Center, Ulm,
Germany

Daimler-Benz
Research
Center, Ulm,
Germany

Daimler-Benz
Research
Center, Ulm,
Germany

Burda
Museum,
BadenBaden,
Germany

Daimler-Benz
Research
Center, Ulm,
Germany

Kojaian
Apartment
New York,
USA

Siemens
Headquarters
Building,
Munich,
Germany