Richard Meier
Richard Meier
Richard Meieris an American abstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white. A winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1984, Meier has designed several iconic buildings including the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art and the Getty Center in Los Angeles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth12 October 1934
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
center entire hope sacred trade view
Our view is the entire World Trade Center is a sacred precinct, a place of dignity, a place of aspiration, a place of contemplation and of hope and memory,
ability care century city deeply move people project
It is a very significant project for the city that will demonstrate Rome's ability to move into the 21st century so people should care deeply about it.
main
One of the main objections, I think, was that I am American.
building
This building is different from any other building I have done.
people scale
It's of a scale that not many people have done.
ancient lightness modern museum open
The modern museum is much more flexible, open and transparent. There's a lightness here that is different than in ancient museums.
architecture became building built center directly historic issues modern museum related rod rome since time
As there hasn't been any new modern architecture built in the historic center of Rome since Mussolini's time I think the Ara Pacis Museum became a lightening rod for issues that were not directly related to the building itself.
carpet continuity floors gives openness people warmth whatever wood works
Wood floors give it a warmth that works well with the openness and transparency of the units, the way in which the wood extends out to the balcony. It gives it a continuity of surface, and people can then put down carpet or rugs or whatever they want.
thinking people architecture
Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.
dream growing-up team
To be an architect has been a life-long dream. Little did I know when asked at the age of 14 'what do you want to do when you grow up?' I said I wanted to be an architect. After 50 years I am still learning all what that means. Working together with so many people has been enormously gratifying. Being an architect means being a member of a fantastic team.
rome cities frozen
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.
thinking space light
When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all the things that are important outside our individual lives. To express spirituality, the architect has to think of the original material of architecture, space and light.
past long architecture
We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante, Borromini, and Bernini. Architecture is a tradition, a long continuum. Whether we break with tradition or enhance it, we are still connected to that past. We evolve.
important architecture polemics
An important work of architecture will create polemics.