Bernard Tschumi

Swiss architect (born 1944)

Person Human Q123966

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[18]
Date of birth: January 25, 1944
Place of birth: Lausanne
Country of citizenship: France, Switzerland^[8]^[9]
Occupation: architect, university teacher, urban planner, architectural theoretician
Employer: Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Portsmouth^[10]^[11]^[12]
Educated at: ETH Zurich^[13]
Award received: Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grand prix national de l'architecture^[16]^[17]
Notable work: parc de la Villette, Acropolis Museum^[14]^[15]
Father: Jean Tschumi^[7]
Official website: www.tschumi.com^[22]
Work location: Paris, New York City^[23]^[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed: French, English^[26]^[27]
Archives at: Canadian Centre for Architecture^[19]
Artist files at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights
Family name: Tschumi^[20]
Floruit: 1996^[25]
Given name: Bernard^[21]
Has works in the collection: Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Berlinische Galerie
On focus list of Wikimedia project: GSD Public Programs^[28]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 79

ISNI: 0000000121027438
VIAF cluster ID: 84184458
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n81152022
GND ID: 119011654
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Bernard Tschumi at GSAPP.jpg ↗
ARTIC artist ID: 59319
AbART person ID: 103758
ArchINFORM person/group ID: 8
Architectuurgids architect ID: 2695
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online: bernard-tschumi
Artists of the World ID: 00712123
Artnet artist ID: bernard-tschumi

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BIBSYS ID: 90279656
Berlinische Galerie artist ID: 10599
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12051794t
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: tschumi-bernard
CANTIC ID: 981058508916906706
CONOR.SI ID: 31024227
CONOR.SR ID: 14684263
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11944411
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266813105664
DDB person (GND) ID: 119011654
DFK Paris person ID: 0003548477
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119011654
Dialnet author ID: 2228285
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Bernard-Tschumi
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: bernard-tschumi
FAST ID: 84686
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_119011654
Freebase ID: /m/01nlqs
Google Arts & Culture entity ID: m01nlqs
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: bernard-tschumi
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0262887
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Bernard_Tschumi
Grove Art Online ID: T086427
IdRef ID: 032783353
J9U entity ID: 987007439544505171
JRC Names ID: 292859
KBR person ID: 14759530
Le Delarge artist ID: 25514_artiste_TSCHUMI_Bernardj
Lex ID: Bernard_Tschumi
Libraries Australia ID: 36556359
Libris-URI: 0xbdgwhj48bztkj
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 05736/eu_t_2062/t2062
Munzinger person ID: 00000026746
Museum of Modern Art artist ID: 7056
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA01234404
NDL Authority ID: 00516656
NE.se ID: bernard-tschumi
NL CR AUT ID: jo2006346306
NLA Trove people ID: 1290457
NLP ID: a0000002819870
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000241592
NSK ID: 981005783919909366
NUKAT ID: n2005136629
National Library of Latvia ID: 000050787
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810700481105606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 093245025
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3989726
PSS-archi architect ID: 1666
Patrinum ID: 41323
Prabook ID: 676976
Quora topic ID: Bernard-Tschumi
RERO ID (legacy): A003913546
RKDartists ID: 237044
Radio France person ID: bernard-tschumi
SBN author ID: VEAV023537
SELIBR ID: 226786
SFMOMA artist ID: Bernard_Tschumi
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 38446
SNAC ARK ID: w65d926f
Structurae person ID: 1000641
Tabakalera ID: 61794
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500022322
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID: 127661
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058508916906706
Who's Who in France biography ID: 38401
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkhFxrgFwGmpWvgvp4jG3
Yale LUX ID: person/4837add0-6e5a-407b-afaa-38e9a95835a1

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🔗 Connections

Has works in the collection 4

Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Berlinische Galerie

Employer 3

Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Portsmouth

Occupation 3

architect, urban planner, university teacher

Award received 2

Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grand prix national de l'architecture

Country of citizenship 2

France, Switzerland

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, French

Notable work 2

Acropolis Museum, parc de la Villette

Work location 2

Paris, New York City

← Architect 2

Acropolis Museum, parc de la Villette

Educated at 1

ETH Zurich

Father 1

Jean Tschumi

Given name 1

Bernard

Instance of 1

human

Parent of 1

Jean Tschumi

Place of birth 1

Lausanne

Sex or gender 1

male

← FactGrid item ID 1

Mérélessart

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Summary

Bernard Tschumi was born on January 25, 1944^[1], in Lausanne^[2]. He has worked as an architect^[3], university teacher^[4], urban planner^[5], and architectural theoretician^[6].

FAQs

Where was Bernard Tschumi born?

Bernard Tschumi's place of birth was Lausanne^[2].

Who were Bernard Tschumi's parents?

Bernard Tschumi's father was Jean Tschumi^[7].

What did Bernard Tschumi do for work?

Bernard Tschumi worked as an architect^[3], university teacher^[4], urban planner^[5], and architectural theoretician^[6].

Where did Bernard Tschumi go to school?

Bernard Tschumi was educated at ETH Zurich^[13].

What awards did Bernard Tschumi receive?

Honors received include Officer of the Legion of Honour^[16] and Grand prix national de l'architecture^[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — place of birth (P19): Lausanne. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved 2021-08-19. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — father (P22): Jean Tschumi. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — country of citizenship (P27): France. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — country of citizenship (P27): Switzerland. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — educated at (P69): ETH Zurich. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — occupation (P106): architect. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2019-12-04. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — occupation (P106): urban planner. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — occupation (P106): architectural theoretician. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — employer (P108): Princeton University. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — employer (P108): Columbia University. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — employer (P108): University of Portsmouth. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — award received (P166): Officer of the Legion of Honour. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — award received (P166): Grand prix national de l'architecture. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — archives at (P485): Canadian Centre for Architecture. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — date of birth (P569): January 25, 1944. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — family name (P734): Tschumi. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved 2021-08-19. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — given name (P735): Bernard. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved 2021-08-19. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — notable work (P800): parc de la Villette. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — notable work (P800): Acropolis Museum. photiadis.gr. photiadis.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — official website (P856): http://www.tschumi.com. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — work location (P937): Paris. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-03-31. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — work location (P937): New York City. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-03-31. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — floruit (P1317): January 1, 1996. Retrieved 2020-05-27. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Bernard Tschumi — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): GSD Public Programs. wikidata.org.

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