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Colin Fournier

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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.[1] Educated at the Architectural Association, Fournier was a founding member of Archigram.[2]

Life and career

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Fournier was born in November 1944.[3] He was also professor of Confluence Institute for innovation and Creative strategies in architecture, of The Bartlett School of Architecture, a part of University College London.[4]

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.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "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"". Architectural Record.
  2. ^ "Archigram founders Peter Cook and Colin Fournier". www.architectsjournal.co.uk. Architects Journal. 13 April 2000. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ Pitcher, Greg (16 September 2024). "Archigram co-founder Colin Fournier dies aged 79". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Faculty of the Built Environment". The Bartlett. Archived from the original on 12 August 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Deuils Colin Fournier". www.carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr. Le Figaro. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.