Colin Fournier
Colin Fournier (November 1944 – 4 September 2024) was a British architect. He worked as co-architect with Peter Cook of the Kunsthaus Graz in Austria. Educated at the Architectural Association, Fournier was a founding member of Archigram.
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Colin Fournier
- Name
- Colin Fournier
- Born
- November 1944
- Died
- 4 September 2024
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Architect
- Education
- Architectural Association School of Architecture
- Known for
- Kunsthaus Graz, member of Archigram
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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Colin Fournier (November 1944 – 4 September 2024) was a British architect. He worked as co-architect with Peter Cook of the Kunsthaus Graz in Austria. Educated at the Architectural Association, Fournier was a founding member of Archigram.
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Colin Fournier (born 1944) is an architect and university teacher, of British nationality. The architect died in Paris.
Colin Fournier was educated at Architectural Association School of Architecture. The architect worked for National University of Singapore, The Bartlett and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Colin Fournier • Born — November 1944 • Died — 4 September 2024 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Architect • Education — Architectural Association School of Architecture • Known for — Kunsthaus Graz, member of Archigram • Employer — The Bartlett School of Architecture, Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong • Title — Professor
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Fournier was born in November 1944. He was also professor at Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture, and The Bartlett School of Architecture, a part of University College London. He was a faculty member at the School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was an invited Visiting Professor at National University of Singapore in 2018. Fournier died in Paris on 4 September 2024, at the age of 79.
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- 1.Architectural Record. Liane LeFaivre, "Kunsthaus Graz: Yikes! Peter Cook's and Colin Fournier's perkily animistic Kunsthaus in Graz recasts the identity of the museum and recalls a legendary design movement".
- 2.Architects Journal. Archigram founders Peter Cook and Colin Fournier. www.architectsjournal.co.uk. April 13, 2000.
- 3.Pitcher, Greg. Archigram co-founder Colin Fournier dies aged 79. Architects' Journal. 16 September 2024.
- 4.The Bartlett. Faculty of the Built Environment.
- 5.Le Figaro. Deuils Colin Fournier. www.carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr. 7 September 2024.
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