Kurt W. Forster
Swiss architectural historian and Professor at ETH Zurich
About Kurt W. Forster
Lived 1935 – 2024 (aged 88). Kurt W. Forster was a Swiss art historian, architectural historian and university teacher.
Kurt W. Forster (12 August 1935 – 6 January 2024) was a Swiss architectural historian and teacher. He was the past head of the doctoral studies program at the Yale School of Architecture and the former director of the Getty Research Institute (GRI), the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), and the Venice Architecture Biennale. Zurich-born Forster died on 6 January 2024, at the age of 88 in New York.
In 2007, he received the Prix Meret-Oppenheim. In 2021, he received the Schinkel-Preis der Fontanestadt Neuruppin.
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Who was Kurt W. Forster?
Swiss architectural historian and Professor at ETH Zurich (1935–2024)
When was Kurt W. Forster born?
Kurt W. Forster was born on 12 August 1935 in Zurich.
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Kurt W. Forster died on 6 January 2024 in New York City.
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Kurt W. Forster was an art historian, architectural historian and university teacher.
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Kurt W. Forster was Swiss.
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