Michael Palladino, AIA

As a Principal Designer of Richard Meier & Partners since 1979, Michael Palladino has worked closely with Richard Meier on many award-winning projects located throughout the world, including The Getty Center; the Decorative Arts Museum in Frankfurt, Germany; the High Museum in Atlanta; as well as the International Center for Possibility Thinking in Garden Grove,California. He has also served as Project Designer and Project Architect for many private residences constructed throughout the United States and overseas.

Appointed Partner in 1985, Mr. Palladino moved to Los Angeles in 1986 to open Richard Meier & Partners' west coast office. Since that time, as Design Partner, he has been responsible for the new Broad Art Center at UCLA; the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills; the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills; Camden Medical Centre in Singapore; and currently, a new city hall and civic center in San Jose, California; private residences in Kuala Lumpur, Malibu, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Santa Ynez and Santa Barbara, California; and high-rise luxury condominiums in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Philadelphia.

He was awarded the commission as Lead Designer of the new 600,000SF federal courthouse building in San Diego. Michael Palladino earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1977 and a Masters in Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1979. He is a Registered Architect in California, New York and Pennsylvania.

Mr. Palladino is a frequent guest lecturer, having spoken at USC, UCLA, the Louisiana Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and has served as a guest critic at architectural schools in the U.S. He is a recipient of the prestigious Rome Prize for the year 2000 – 2001 and the 2005 Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles.

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