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Portrait of Richard Meier
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1934– · United States

Richard Meier

A modernist who used white geometry and light in houses and museums, most prominently the Getty Center.

Style: Modernism

His white architectural language emerged in association with the New York Five.

The Getty Center realizes the cultural campus at a very large scale.

He received the Pritzker Prize.

Proportion, grid, and white panels remain consistent elements.

Light and circulation are central to his designs.

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