Sekler, Eduard F#
b. Vienna, Sept. 30, 1920, architect. Studied at the University of Technology in Vienna (1945-1954 also assistant there) and at the Warburg Institute in London. Since 1945 atelier of his own, from 1954 guest professor at Harvard University in Cambridge, from 1960 professor; 1962-1965 taught at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, was its head 1966-1976; UNESCO consultant for the preservation of monuments. Contributed greatly to the preservation of the cultural heritage in Kathmandu Valley (Nepal). Designed buildings in Austria and the USA.
Publications#
Wren and His Place in European Architecture, 1956; Le Corbusier at Work: The Genesis of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 1977; J. Hoffmann, Das architekton. Werk, 21986.Literature#
W. Boehm (ed.), Das Bauwerk und die Stadt Aufsaetze fuer E. S., 1994.