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Richard Meier, American architect, considered one of the most brilliant of his generation, was born in Newark (New Jersey) on 12 October 1934.
With strong auto-recognised influences of Le Corbusier, Meier has stayed faithful to his own style in all his works: definite lines, geometric forms, big importance of the wide spaces and the light and, especially, the target, predominant colour in the majority of his works.
After studying architecture in the University Cornell, where it graduated in 1957, it was employed at several architects ' offices of fame and, later, in 1963, he opened his own study.
IN 1964 he initiated his pedagogic activity in Cooper Union, in which he remained for many years. In 1969 he received his first standout recognition: the MoMa of New York achieved the exhibition Five Architects, one of them being Meiers.
In Barcelona, he was the architect of Museu d'Art Contemporani (
MACBA). Also, some of his most important works were the Getty Center of Los Angeles (1984-1997), the Museum of the Decorative Arts of Frankfurt (1985), the Town hall of The Hague (1986-1995) or the Church of the Jubilee in Rome (2003).
Along his trajectory, the international recognition of his projects has earned him prestigious awards, between which the standouts are the Pritzker (considered the Nobel Prize of architecture, which he received in 1984, and the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects (1997).