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Richard Meier - The next generation of architects (33/36)

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Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Born in 1934, the prominent American architect Richard Meier is best known for the Getty Center in Los Angeles. In all his work he refuses to bend to the trends of modern architecture. He has won many awards including the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, considered the field's highest honor. [Listener: Massimo Vignelli; date recorded: 2004]

TRANSCRIPT: Well I think that in a lot of... a lot of the things that we’ve been talking about have influenced the younger generation of the last, say, 20 years. The books, the... the combination of practice and theory, the interest and... and I think attitude. You know, when... when I was in architecture school, for the most part and most of the people I know, you know, when you graduated you went into architecture. For many young people today they stay... either stay in school or teach. A lot of people stay, sort of, in academia, as it were, for a longer period of time and therefore I guess they’re not as much in a rush to go into practice. And are also looking at other areas in which they can work as an architect rather than traditional practice. So, I think that that, sort of, in a sense, affects the young people and I think that all the influences, you know, from both the schools and the publications influence, you know, influence the work that’s being done by young architects. And sort of the blip that we talked about, that occurred in the '80s, you know, they don’t even... they don’t even know about it. I mean it’s like it doesn’t exist, you know, it’s not part of their educational experience. I mean it’s, sort of, like what’s happening now is more of an influence on them.

[MV] However, a lot of the teachers grew up during that blip, unfortunately, and have an influence today in that lack of... how can I say? Lack of redaction.

Yeah. I don't... I mean I only know the places where I've gone to lecture and seen their work. So... someone in the office just did a slide show of what she was teaching when she was at the University of Florida. You know, it was terrific, abstract exercises in making of space and, you know, very, very good. So I don't see where she was influenced, at least by...

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