Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Richard Meier |
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Birthdate | October 12, 1934 |
Birth Place | Newark, NJ |
Age (in 2024) | 90 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Architect |
Richard Meier is best known as Architect who has born on October 12, 1934 in Newark, NJ. Currently, Richard Meier is 90 years, 2 months and 11 days old. Richard Meier will celebrate 91st birthday on Sunday, 12th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Richard Meier upcoming birthday.
Designer of the Getty Center in Los Angeles. He became known for his abstract designs and his heavy use of the color white. He was awarded the Pritzker Medal in 1984 and the AIA Gold Medal in 1987.
He graduated from Cornell in 1957 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree and went to work for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in 1959, followed by three years with Marcel Breuer.
His Ara Pacis featured a large travertine wall that became a subject of debate during the mayoral race when Rome's Mayor, Gianni Alemanno, promised to tear it down.
His second cousin was architect Peter Eisenman, also a member of The New York Five. His family was residing in Newark when he was born.
He was heavily influenced by Le Corbusier, especially Le Corbusier's early phase; this influence can be seen in his work on the Swiss Pavilion and the Ville Savoye.
Richard Meier is 90 years old today.
Richard Meier was born on October 12, 1934 in Newark, NJ.
Richard Meier zodiac sign is Libra.
Richard Meier was best known as Architect.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Richard Meier's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1997 | The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock. |
1998 | Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was beaten outside of Laramie. |
1999 | Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup. |
1999 | The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia. |
2000 | The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer, is badly damaged by two al-Qaeda suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39. |
2002 | Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300. |
2005 | The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days. |
2010 | The Finnish Yle TV2 channel's Ajankohtainen kakkonen current affairs program airs controversial Homoilta episode (literally "gay night"), which leads to the resignation of almost 50,000 Finns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church. |
2012 | The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. |
2013 | Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in Peru. |
2017 | The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Israel immediately follows. |
2018 | Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. |
2019 | Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, killing 10 and forcing the evacuation of one million people. |
2019 | Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna. |
2019 | The Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which is under construction, collapses, killing two and injuring 20. |
1987 | The birth of Marvin Ogunjimi, Belgian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Sam Whitelock, New Zealand rugby player |
1988 | The birth of Calum Scott, British singer |
1989 | The birth of Anna Ohmiya, Japanese curler |
1990 | The birth of Henri Lansbury, English footballer |
1991 | The birth of Nicolao Dumitru, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer |
1994 | The birth of Alex Katz, American baseball player |
1994 | The birth of Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player |
1994 | The birth of Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer |
1995 | The birth of Jessica Hogg, Welsh artistic gymnast |
1996 | The birth of James Graham, British singer |
1996 | The birth of Owen Watkin, Welsh rugby player |
1997 | The birth of Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player |
2004 | The birth of Darci Lynne, American ventriloquist |
2012 | The death of Torkom Manoogian, Iraqi-Armenian patriarch (b. 1919) |
2012 | The death of Erik Moseholm, Danish bassist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1930) |
2012 | The death of Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923) |
2013 | The death of George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (b. 1951) |
2013 | The death of Hans Wilhelm Longva, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1942) |
2013 | The death of Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (b. 1910) |
2014 | The death of Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Graham Miles, English snooker player (b. 1941) |
2014 | The death of Roberto Telch, Argentinian footballer and coach (b. 1943) |
2015 | The death of Abdallah Kigoda, Tanzanian politician, 8th Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Joan Leslie, American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian (b. 1925) |
2017 | The death of Margarita D'Amico, Venezuelan journalist (b. 1938) |
2020 | The death of Conchata Ferrell, American actress (b. 1943) |
2020 | The death of Roberta McCain, American socialite and oil heiress (b. 1912) |
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