Archinect - News2024-11-21T13:20:25-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150090109/richard-meier-steps-down
Richard Meier steps down Alexander Walter2018-10-09T20:08:00-04:00>2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ea/ea09afa925e45f621f785ecc7c8ab409.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Richard Meier is officially out at <a href="https://archinect.com/richardmeierpartners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Meier & Partners Architects</a>, the company announced in a statement titled <a href="http://www.richardmeier.com/?press_release=richard-meier-partners-announces-leadership-changes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Leadership Changes</em></a> this morning. <br></p>
<p>"Founder Richard Meier will step back from day-to-day activities and support the leadership transition of the firm he founded in 1963," reveals the release. "He will remain available to colleagues and clients who seek his vast experience and counsel. The firm will maintain and develop the rigorous design philosophy that Richard pioneered."<br></p>
<p>Meier, 83, has been taking a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150054317/richard-meier-accused-by-5-women-of-sexual-harassment-to-take-a-six-month-leave-of-absence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leave of absence</a> since March this year after accusations of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150054502/cornell-aap-sotheby-s-pritzker-prize-respond-to-their-ties-with-richard-meier-following-sexual-harassment-allegations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sexual harassment</a> were brought forward by five women—four of whom had previously worked with Meier. </p>
<p>The statement lists various senior employees to be taking on leadership positions, most notably Bernhard Karpf as the new Managing Principal of the New York office as well as Vivian Lee, Reynolds Logan, and Dukho Yeon, who were promoted to Principals. Partner Michael Palladino and Jim Crawford will maintain their ...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150059129/architecture-students-at-harvard-s-gsd-pressure-the-administration-to-respond-to-the-shitty-men-in-architecture-list
Architecture students at Harvard's GSD pressure the administration to respond to the Shitty Men in Architecture List Mackenzie Goldberg2018-04-10T12:41:00-04:00>2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/xe/xero4lej2lw43foq.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On <a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harvard</a>'s campus, students in their Graduate School of Design programs are pressuring the administration to respond to an anonymous spreadsheet that catalogued incidences of assault, harassment and other abuses in the industry. The spreadsheet, known as the <a href="https://archinect.com/forum/thread/150054690/shitty-men-in-architecture-spreadsheet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shitty Men in Architecture list</a>, was created after <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150054317/richard-meier-accused-by-5-women-of-sexual-harassment-to-take-a-six-month-leave-of-absence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Meier was accused by five women of sexual harassment</a>, ushering in a #metoo moment for the industry. Inspired by the Shitty Media Men list that outed numerous predatory journalists back in October of last year, the anonymous creator(s) launched the crowdsourced document to give the architecture community a platform for sharing their own stories of abuse in an anonymous and safe way. They insist, in a disclaimer that is part of the document, that the content should not be seen as "legally true."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/5/anonymous-GSD-spreadsheet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">According to the school's paper</a>, <em>The Harvard Crimson</em>, the list "contained anonymous accounts of sexual misconduct and racist acts allegedly perpetrated by more than a dozen GSD s...</p>