Werner Max Moser (1896 - 1970) was a Swiss

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

whose most famous work is the modern campus of the

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is a public institute of technology established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Established in 1951, the institute is the first of the IITs to be established ...

. He was the son of

Karl Moser Karl Moser (August 10, 1860 – February 28, 1936) was an architect from Switzerland. Between 1887 and 1915 he worked together with Robert Curjel in Karlsruhe, setting up the architecture firm Curjel and Moser. Some of their works are: ...

also an architect and professor, who was one of the first Swiss

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. Leonardo Benevolo. ''History of Modern Architecture, Volume 2''. MIT Press, 1977 pg. 618 IIT Kharagpur Main Building

One of the characteristics observable in Werner Mosers buildings is their "human" and not monumental scale. Instead of overpowering masses and overwhelming dimensions, a more intimate result was to be achieved. Moser was one of the leaders in this approach to humanize modern architecture. Moser was a founding member of CIAM.

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1896 births 1970 deaths Swiss architects Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne members Academic staff of ETH Zurich {{Switzerland-architect-stub