American-architect Richard Meier has become the latest name to condemn the RIBA’s motion calling for the suspension of Israeli architects from the International Architects Union (UIA)
In a letter to RIBA president Stephen Hodder (see attached right), Meier weighed in on the RIBA’s ‘incredible’ decision to back the motion originally tabled by past-RIBA president Angela Brady.
He said: ‘I find this incredible that the RIBA which I thought of as being an extremely honourable institution would vote or agitate for sanctions against Israel.
He added: ‘I and many many other architects here in New York condemn this action and sincerely hope that it would be reversed.’
Israeli architect and professor at Goldsmiths University Eyal Weizman has defended the RIBA’s decision to call on the International Architects Union to suspend the Israeli professional body
Weizman is one of 65 academics, cultural and political figures backing the RIBA’s stance on the motion calling for the suspension of Israeli architects from the International Architects Union (UIA).
