Background
Forster, Kurt Walter was born on August 12, 1935 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Walter and Margrit (Frank) Forster.
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Forster, Kurt Walter was born on August 12, 1935 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Walter and Margrit (Frank) Forster.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Zurich, 1961.
Assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1960-1967;
visiting assistant professor, University of California-Berkeley, 1965;
professor department art history, Stanford University, (California), 1967-1982;
professor department architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1982-1984;
director, Getty Center History of Art and Humanities, Santa Monica, California, 1984-1992;
professor of history of art and architecture, head Institute for History and Theory of Architecture, Eidegenossische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland, since 1993. Director Swiss Institute in Rome, 1975-1977. Member scholarly council Institute Advanced Study, West Berlin, 1980-1983.
Member Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura, Vicenza, since 1982. Director Stanford Study Center, West Berlin, 1980.
(107 illustrations, 9 in color.)
Member visiting committee Princeton University School Architecture, Stanford Humanities Center, Venice Biennale Architectural Jury, 1988-1990. Member scholarly committee Giulio Romano Exhibition, Mantua, 1989. Member Society Architectural Historians, College Art Association.
Married Francoise L. Hahn, July 29, 1961. Children: Myriam, Stephanie.