Silvia Gmür
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Silvia Gmür | |
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| Born | 17 September 1939 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Died | 24 January 2022 (aged 82) Riehen, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education | ETH Zurich |
| Occupation | Architect |
Silvia Gmür (17 September 1939 – 24 January 2022) was a Swiss architect.[1]
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]
Buildings[edit]
- 1977–1979: House and Atelierhouse Gmür, Riehen with ingenieure Pierre Beurret
Together with Livio Vacchini:
- 1995–1998: Three Houses, Beinwil am See
- 1993–2000: Bedhouse D – Cantonal hospital Grisons, Chur-Masans
- 2002: University Hospital Basel, extension Klinikum 1 west
Together with Reto Gmür:
- 2012: Cantonal hospital St. Gallen, institute for Rechtsmedizin and Pathologie
- 2021: Citizens' Hospital Solothurn
- since 2021: Charité Center, Berlin with landscape architect Maurus Schifferli
- since 2021: Extension Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin with landscape architect Maurus Schifferli
Awards[edit]
- Progressive Architecture Award (1977)
- Prix Meret-Oppenheim (2011)[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Trauerfall Gmür-Maglia Silvia Maria". Todesanzeigenportal.ch (in German).
- ^ a b c Windhöfel, Lutz (17 November 2009). "Dialogfähigkeit". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür Architekten". Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
- ^ "1 hôpital est une maison d'homme". La Galerie d'Architecture (in French).
- ^ "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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