Silvia Gmür (17 September 1939 – 24 January 2022) was a Swiss architect. After earning a degree from

ETH Zurich ETH Zurich (; ) is a public university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the university focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ETH Zurich ran ...

in 1964, she worked in Paris, London, and New York City with Mitchell-Giurgola from 1966 to 1972. That year, she founded her own agency in

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and partnered with Livio Vacchini from 1995 to 2001. Gmür was also a professor at ETH Zurich from 1979 to 1985. An exhibition of her projects was displayed at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2014, the same year in which a similar exhibition was held at the Galerie d'Architecture in Paris.

Buildings

* 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

, 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

*Progressive Architecture Award (1977) *Prix Meret-Oppenheim (2011)

References

1939 births 2022 deaths Architects from Zurich Swiss women architects Academic staff of ETH Zurich ETH Zurich alumni {{Switzerland-architect-stub