Richard Meier

1934 Born in Newark, New Jersey, United States

1952–57 Studies architecture at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; attends classes in painting under John Hertell and art history under Alan Solomon

1958–64 Apprenticeship with the architectural firm Davis, Brody & Wisniewski; travels extensively in Italy, France and Israel; works for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill on the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; attends evening classes at the New School for Social Research under Stephen Greene; shares studio with Frank Stella

1963 Opens his own practice (now known as Richard Meier & Partners Architects)

1964 Becomes co-founder of Committee of Architects for the Study of the Environment, together with Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey and John Hejduk

1965–67 Designs and oversees construction of Smith House, Darien, Connecticut

1967–69 Designs and oversees construction of Saltzman House, East Hampton, New York

1969 Receives commission from New York State Urban Development Corporation for the public housing project, Twin Parks Northeast, New York; designs the Bronx Development Center, New York; receives the Arnold Brunner Prize in Architecture from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

1971–76 Designs and oversees construction of Douglas House, Harbour Springs, Michigan

1973 Resident architect, American Academy, Rome, Italy

1975–79 Designs and oversees construction of The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana

1977 Designs and oversees construction of Aye Simon Reading Room, Guggenheim Museum, New York; Visiting Professor of Harvard University, Cambridge; included in exhibition, New York School Exhibition, at State Museum, Albany, New York

1979–85 Designs and oversees construction of Museum for Decorative Arts, Frankfurt am Main, West Germany

1980–83 Designs and oversees construction of High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

1984 Wins tender for the redevelopment of the Getty complex, Los Angeles, which opens in 1997; receives the Pritzker Architecture Prize, sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation

1986 Designs and oversees construction of City Hall and Library, The Hague, the Netherlands

1986–93 Designs and oversees construction of the Ulm Exhibition and Assembly Building, Germany

1987–92 Designs and oversees construction of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain, and the Royal Dutch Paper Mill Headquarters, Hilversum, the Netherlands

1988–91 Designs and oversees construction of Canal + Television headquarters, Paris, France

1989 Designs and oversees construction of Bibliothèque de France, Paris

1990–93 Designs and oversees construction of Jean Arp Museum, Rolandswerth, Germany

1991 Travelling solo exhibition, Richard Meier: architecture, projects 1986–1990, originating at Palazzo Reale, Naples, Italy

1997 Receives awards: Praemium Imperiale, from the Japan Art Association; Gold Medal, from the American Institute of Architects; Royal Gold Medal, Royal Institute of British Architects

1998 Completes editions of lithographs Getty I–III at Tyler Graphics, Mount Kisco, New York

2002 Designs and oversees construction of Arp Museum, Remagen-Rolandseck, Germany

2006 Frank T. Rhodes Class of 1956 University Professorship, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

2007 Solo exhibition, Richard Meier: art and architecture, at Louise T. Blouin Institute, London, England; opening of the Richard Meier Model Museum, Long Island City, New York; designs and oversees construction of Meier on Rothschild Tower, Tel Aviv, Israel

2008 Receives the Gold Medal in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters

2009 Solo exhibition, Meier 75, at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York

2010 Included in exhibitions: Contemplating the void: interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, at Guggenheim Museum, New York; Masterstrokes: the icon exhibition, at Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai, India

2011 Solo exhibition, Richard Meier retrospective, at Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

2012 Solo exhibitions: Richard Meier: artistic conscience, at John Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Richard Meier: building as art, at Arp Museum, Remagen-Rolandseck, Germany; included in exhibition, Casa Scaffali: Venice Biennale, at Arsenale's Giardino delle Vergini, Venice, Italy

2013 Solo exhibitions: Richard Meier: selected collage works, at Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; Richard Meier: timepieces, shown simultaneously at Galerie Gmurzynska AG Zug and Galerie Gmurzynska AG Zurich, Switzerland; Richard Meier: architecture and design, at Bisazza Foundation for Design and Contemporary Architecture, Montecchio Maggiore, Italy. Richard Meier currently lives and works in New York.

Barbara Delano © Tyler Graphics Ltd; revised Kate Buckingham, 2006; revised Julia Greenstreet, 2013

This chronology builds upon the biographical information published in Building the Getty by R. Meier (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, c. 1997); Richard Meier: architeture 1986–1990 by F. Izzo and A. Gubitosi (Florence: Centro Di della Edifini, c. 1991); and Richard Meier's website