Bernard Tschumi

Bernard Tschumi
Bernard Tschumi at GSAPP
Born (1944-01-25) 25 January 1944 (age 80)
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsParc de la Villette, Paris (1983–1998)
Acropolis Museum, Athens (2001–2009)
Alésia MuséoParc, Burgundy (2001–2013)

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. He studied in Paris and at ETH in Zurich, where he received his degree in architecture in 1969. [citation needed]