2024-05-17T01:59:15-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150359610/french-architect-historian-and-academic-jean-louis-cohen-passes-away-at-74 Josh Niland 2023-08-09T12:10:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/86/86dc529a1ed3b75719e7eb889a8fd637.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Jean-Louis Cohen, a renowned architectural historian, critic, educator, and curator, has sadly passed away in the Ardennes after suffering an allergic reaction from a bee sting, according to <a href="https://www.artforum.com/news/jean-louis-cohen-90875" target="_blank">reports published</a> this week in France and the United States.</p> <p>As the Sheldon H. Solow Chair of Architectural History at the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/5652725/new-york-university-nyu" target="_blank">New York University</a> Institute of Fine Arts and former Penelope Visiting Professor in Architectural History at the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/1910514/the-university-of-sydney" target="_blank">University of Sydney</a>, Cohen was a beloved figure remembered by many one of his publishers, like <em>Artforum,</em> as being a &ldquo;knowledgeable interlocutor, author, and professor, and a warm and generous mentor.&rdquo;</p> <p>Cohen was born in France in 1949 and began a successful career in academia following the completion of his doctoral studies and a thirteen-year tenure as the director of architectural research for France&rsquo;s Ministry of Housing.&nbsp;Beginning in 1998, he was influential in the development of the Cit&eacute; de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine museum in Paris, which opened to the...</p>