Richard Meier's Favorite Hotels (are in Los Angeles)

Richard Meier received his architectural training at Cornell University and established his own office in New York in 1963. His practice has included major civic commissions in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including courthouses and city halls, museums, corporate headquarters, and housing and private residences. Among his most well-known projects are The Getty Center in Los Angeles; the Jubilee Church in Rome, Italy; the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia; the Museum for the Decorative Arts in Frankfurt, Germany; the Canal+ Television Headquarters in Paris, France; and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, Spain.

In 1984, Mr. Meier was awarded the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, considered the field's highest honor. In the same year, he was selected architect for the prestigious commission to design The Getty Center in Los Angeles, which was opened to popular and critical acclaim in December 1997. Among the projects recently completed by Richard Meier & Partners are the Ara Pacis Museum in Rome; the Burda Collection Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany; the Broad Art Center at UCLA; the San Jose City Hall; 173/176 Perry Street and 165 Charles Street in New York City; and United States Federal Courthouses in Islip, New York, and Phoenix, Arizona. The office is currently constructing the Cornell Life Sciences Technology Building in Ithaca, New York, and the Italcementi Center for Research and Innovation in Bergamo, Italy.

In 1997, Richard Meier received the AIA Gold Medal, the highest award from the American Institute of Architects, and, in the same year, the Praemium Imperiale from the Japanese government in recognition of lifetime achievement in the arts. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the American Institute of Architects, and he received a Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the AIA in 1980 and a Gold Medal from the Los Angeles Chapter in 1998. His numerous awards include thirty National AIA Honor Awards and over fifty Regional AIA Design Awards. In 1989, Richard Meier received the Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1992, the French Government honored him as a Commander of Arts and Letters, and in 1995 he was elected Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received honorary degrees from the University of Naples, New Jersey Institute of Technology, The New School for Social Research, Pratt Institute, the University of Bucharest, and North Carolina State University.

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  Hotel Bel Air

  Los Angeles, CA, USA

  "Wonderful indoor-outdoor relationship of both public and private spaces."

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  Beverly Wilshire Hotel

  Beverly Hills, CA, USA

  "With its new restaurant, CUT, which is one of the best restaurants in LA with food by Wolfgang Puck and interior designed by Richard Meier & Partners."

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  Delano Hotel

  Miami Beach, FL, USA

  "One of the best-managed hotels on the East Coast."

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  Amandari

  Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

  "Extraordinary service in a sublime setting; a great getaway."

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