Archinect - News 2024-12-22T01:52:33-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150446880/colin-fournier-popular-archigram-co-founder-and-ucl-professor-passes-away-at-79 Colin Fournier, popular Archigram co-founder and UCL professor, passes away at 79 Josh Niland 2024-09-17T12:35:00-04:00 >2024-09-17T13:32:28-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c9/c9976a3c8c7a57e659e3c72b356612ab.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Colin Fournier, the British architect and planner who helped form <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/4218/archigram" target="_blank">Archigram</a> with <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/52482/peter-cook" target="_blank">Sir Peter Cook</a> and others in the early 1960s, has passed away at age 79. He was best known for the firm&rsquo;s 2003 Kunsthaus Graz and work with <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/252194/bernard-tschumi" target="_blank">Bernard Tschumi</a> on the design of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1915208/parc-de-la-villette" target="_blank">Parc de la Villette</a> in Paris.</p> <p>A <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/news/2024/sep/professor-colin-fournier-1944-2024" target="_blank">commemoration</a> from the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/299/university-college-london-ucl" target="_blank">UCL Bartlett School of Architecture</a> notes: &ldquo;In addition to his architectural practice, Colin was a dedicated and well-loved educator. He joined The Bartlett in 1998 and inspired generations of students for almost two decades with his distinctive approach to design. As Professor of Urban Design, he was instrumental in the formation and directorship of the Urban Design MArch and led the successful Unit 18 on the Architecture MArch programme for several years with a number of teaching partners. Colin inspired countless students and colleagues throughout his life, and his absence will be felt profoundly by all who were fortunate enough to know him."</p> <p>In a <a href="https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/archigram-co-founder-colin-fournier-dies-aged-79" target="_blank">statement</a> to the <em>Architects&rsquo; ...</em></p>