Anthony Vidler

Anthony Vidler studied at University of Cambridge and Delft University of Technology. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is architecture, history of architecture and design. Employment is recorded with Princeton University and University of California, Los Angeles. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Guggenheim Fellowship.

• Name — Anthony Vidler • Born — 4 July 1941 • Birthplace — Mere, Wiltshire, England • Died — 19 October 2023 • Place of death — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Architectural historian • Workplaces — * Princeton University • University of California, Los Angeles • Cornell University • The Cooper Union • Brown University • Yale University • Children — 3 • Alma Mater — * Emmanuel College, Cambridge (BA, Dipl.Arch) • Technical University Delft (PhD)

Vidler was born in Mere, Wiltshire, in 1941, and grew up in Shenfield, Essex. His interest in architecture and its sociopolitical relevance began when he saw an air raid on a neighbouring town during World War II. He received a B.A. and Dipl.Arch. from Emmanuel College, Cambridge and a Ph.D. from Technical University Delft. Vidler began his career at Princeton University in 1965, before moving to the University of California, Los Angeles in 1993. He was the dean of Cornell University's architecture school from 1997 to 1998, and of The Cooper Union's architecture school from 2001 to 2013. Afterward, he taught at Princeton, Brown University and Yale University. He was a noted expert on the life and work of Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, about whom he wrote several books. After a previous marriage ended in divorce, Vidler married fellow historian Emily Apter in 1984. He had two children from his first marriage and one from his second. Vidler died from non-Hodgkin lymphoma at his home in Manhattan on 19 October 2023, at the age of 82.

Vidler curated several exhibitions, including the part of the exhibition out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark dedicated to James Stirling at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (2003-2004) and the exhibition Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling which travelled to the Yale Center for British Art, the Tate, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (2010-2012).