Richard Meier is one of the foremost contemporary American architects. In 1984 at the age of 49, Meier was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, often referred to as the Nobel[…]
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It is a profession that can take too much time away from family life.
Question: Why are there so few women architects?
Richard Meier: If you go to the architecture schools, it’s at least 50 percent women . . . sometimes more in any architectural class. It’s a tough profession in terms of the hours that you have to put into it; in terms of the dedication and commitment. And I’m sure that there’s many women – maybe men as well –who feel that it just takes too much time away from their personal life and their family life. And ultimately the family becomes more important than architecture.
Recorded on: 9/17/07
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