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A renowned architect, theorist, educator, and writer, Bernard Tschumi has been instrumental in exploring architecture as a non-prescriptive medium of cultural expression.
Bernard Tschumi (born 25 January 1944 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is an architect, writer, and educator, commonly associated with deconstructivism. Son of the well-known Swiss architect Jean Tschumi and a French mother, Tschumi is a dual French-Swiss national who works and lives in New York City and Paris.
Bernard Tschumi’s architectural projects are probably best understood in relation to his theoretical writings and ideas, many of which reflect his interest in surrealism and poststructuralism. His sources range from Georges Bataille’s writings on philosophy and eroticism to Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction as a methodology.
Despite his time-consuming responsibilities as Dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Bernard Tschumi managed to produce an impressive body of work. At his final lecture at Columbia in April, 2003, he presents his views of contemporary architecture and its issues and gives an overview of the outstanding examples of his ...
Bernard Tschumi, Principal and Lead Designer, New York City and Paris.
The Poetics of Reason, Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Culturgest, Lisbon, 2019. Bernard Tschumi Architects is an international architectural design firm with offices in New York and Paris, led by founder Bernard Tschumi.
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Jun 2, 2009 · The New Acropolis Museum, Bernard Tschumi’s minimalist counterpoint to one of the world’s great archaeological sites, officially opens June 20, eight years after he won an international competition to design it, and three decades after the idea for a new Acropolis museum first surfaced.
