Is Famed Architect Richard Meier Gay?

The son of famed architect Richard Meier, designer of a slew of world-class buildings around the world, is claiming his dad's gay. Joseph Meier, 28, also says that when he told Richard he knew his secret, his father committed him to a New York City psychiatric hospital for five days, the New York Post's Page Six column reports.

"I think that the kid of Clay Aiken is very lucky," Joseph told Page Six. "He probably won't risk being fired by his father or be canceled from his will." The latter reference concerns Joseph's contention that his father is trying to disinherit him for "outing" Richard.

Joseph also told Page Six that he's set to write a book "about my tragic experience with a gay father that didn't want to come out of the closet and...became aggressive when I discovered the truth." Joseph didn't explain how he discovered his father's gay.

Meanwhile, a representative for Richard Meier declined to address his son's charges with Page Six, only saying that Richard was "shocked and saddened" by them. And a friend of Meier's has disputed he's gay.

"I've seen him with many, many, many women," the friend told Page Six. "He really gets around, even at his age. He loves women. What the son says isn't true." (The Advocate)