
Richard Meier's practice has included housing and private residences, museums, high-tech and medical facilities, commercial buildings, and such major civic commissions as courthouses and city halls in the United States, Europe and Asia.
His most renowned projects include: the High Museum in Atlanta; the Frankfurt Museum for Decorative Arts in Germany; Canal+ Television Headquarters in Paris, the Atheneum in New Harmony, Indiana; and the Bronx Developmental Center in New York, all of which received National Honour Awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
In 1984, Meier was awarded the Pritzker Prize, considered the field's highest honour. In the same year, Meier was selected as the designer for the new Getty Center in Los Angeles. Since then his numerous design awards include 12 national AIA Honour Awards and 31 New York AIA Design Awards, as well as the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize for the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
Richard Meier has designed the Metropolis and New Amsterdam ranges of street furniture for Adshel, examples of which may be found the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Washington DC, USA and Glasgow, UK.