On October 9, Richard Meier’s firm announced a spate of promotions and named a new managing principal while declaring that the founder, who was accused of sexual harassment by five women in a bombshell New York Times story this March, would “step back from day-to-day activities,” but remain available to colleagues and clients.
The allegations against Meier marked the start of the architecture community’s public reckoning with gender-based harassment—months after the #MeToo movement rocked Hollywood, the media, and sports—though the largely male profession has long faced strong undercurrents of sexism.
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