Silvia Gmür

Silvia Gmür (17 September 1939 – 24 January 2022) was a Swiss architect.[1]

Silvia Gmür
Born17 September 1939
Zürich, Switzerland
Died24 January 2022(2022-01-24) (aged 82)
Riehen, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
EducationETH Zurich
OccupationArchitect

After earning a degree from ETH Zurich in 1964, she worked in Paris, London, and New York City with Mitchell-Giurgola from 1966 to 1972.[2] That year, she founded her own agency in Basel and partnered with Livio Vacchini from 1995 to 2001.[2]

Gmür was also a professor at ETH Zurich from 1979 to 1985.[2]

An exhibition of her projects was displayed at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2014,[3] the same year in which a similar exhibition was held at the Galerie d'Architecture in Paris.[4]

Awards

References

  1. "Trauerfall Gmür-Maglia Silvia Maria". Todesanzeigenportal.ch (in German).
  2. Windhöfel, Lutz (17 November 2009). "Dialogfähigkeit". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  3. "Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür Architekten". Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
  4. "1 hôpital est une maison d'homme". La Galerie d'Architecture (in French).
  5. "Lauréates et lauréats - Prix Meret Oppenheim". Office fédéral de la culture OFC (in French). Archived from the original on 5 September 2017.


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