SPRING 2008 GUEST DESIGNER / RICHARD MEIER

RICHARD MEIER

RICHARD MEIER AND DAUGHTER ANA MEIER PHOTOGRAPHED BY WOLFGANG LUDES

RICHARD MEIER | SPRING 2008 LINE ART

RICHARD MEIER / ARCHITECT / FATHER / NEW YORKER / FAIA: FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS / FRIBA: FELLOW OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS / MORE ABOUT RICHARD MEIER

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ACHROMATIC CARDIGAN: 4-PLY V-NECK CARDIGAN / 50% CASHMERE 50% COTTON / MODERN VERSION OF A BLAZER / BUTTONLESS PLACKET / CLEAN TUBULAR TRIMS / WOMEN'S CARDIGAN WITH SELF-BELT AND ARCHITECTURAL RIBBED WAISTBAND INSET / COLORS / BLACK / WHITE / CEMENT

$10 OF THE PURCHASE OF EACH CARDIGAN ARE DONATED TO ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY / A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND BRINGS DESIGN SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED
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RICHARD MEIER STUDIED AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY / HE ESTABLISHED HIS OFFICE IN NEW YORK IN 1963 / HIS PRACTICE HAS INCLUDED MAJOR CIVIC COMMISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE, ASIA / INCLUDING COURTHOUSES, CITY HALLS, MUSEUMS, CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, HOUSING AND PRIVATE RESIDENCES / SUCH AS / THE GETTY CENTER IN LOS ANGELES / THE JUBILEE CHURCH IN ROME, ITALY / THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA / THE MUSEUM FOR THE DECORATIVE ARTS IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY / THE CANAL + TELEVISION HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS, FRANCE / THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN BARCELONA, SPAIN / THE ARA PACIS MUSEUM IN ROME, ITALY / THE BURDA COLLECTION MUSEUM IN BADEN-BADEN, GERMANY / THE BROAD ART CENTER AT UCLA / THE SAN JOSE CITY HALL / 173-176 PERRY STREET AND 165 CHARLES STREET IN NEW YORK CITY / UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURTHOUSES IN ISLIP, NEW YORK, AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA, AND, MOST RECENTLY, THE ARP MUSEUM OUTSIDE OF BONN, GERMANY

RICHARD MEIER HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AND PRIZES / SUCH AS: THE PRITZKER PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE, CONSIDERED THE FIELD'S HIGHEST HONOR, IN 1984 / THE AIA GOLD MEDAL, THE HIGHEST AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, IN 1997 / THE PRAEMIUM IMPERIALE FROM THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IN RECOGNITION OF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS / A MEDAL OF HONOR FROM THE NEW YORK CHAPTER OF THE AIA IN 1980 AND A GOLD MEDAL FROM THE LOS ANGELES CHAPTER IN 1998 / A COMMANDER OF ARTS AND LETTERS FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IN 1992 / THE ROYAL GOLD MEDAL FROM THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS IN 1989 / FELLOW TO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES IN 1995 / AS WELL AS THIRTY NATIONAL AIA HONOR AWARDS AND OVER FIFTY REGIONAL AIA DESIGN AWARDS / HE HAS RECEIVED HONORARY DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES, NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, PRATT INSTITUTE, THE UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY.

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