Longtime Richard Meier partner leaves to start new firm

Bernhard Karpf, the 30-year veteran of Richard Meier & Partners who helped take over the firm after Meier was accused of sexual misconduct by five women in 2018, has left the office to start his own practice, Karpf Khalili Architects. 

Karpf departed Meier & Partners in July of 2019, The Real Deal reports, and took Parsa Khalili, an associate and director of visualization, with him to start the new practice. In an email, Khalili tells The Real Deal, "Karpf Khalili is a collaboration of two architects with complementary skills and expertise. We are interested in all types of ambitious projects with architectural significance.” 

According to the Karpf Khalili website, Karpf studied architecture and literature at the University of Stuttgart in Germany, at the ETH Zürich in Switzerland, and at the Technical University Darmstadt, also in Germany. He earned a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from Cornell University. He was elevated to the American Institute of Architect...