Eric Kuhne

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eric Kuhne
Occupation	Architect
Date Of Birth	Sep 2, 1951(1951-09-02)
Age	73
Date Of Death	July 25, 2016, London, United Kingdom
Birthplace	Texas
Country	United States
Horoscope	Virgo

Eric Kuhne Biography

Eric Kuhne is one of the most popular and richest Architect who was born on September 2, 1951 in Texas, United States.

Kuhne was born in San Antonio, Texas of Swiss, Czech, and Swedish heritage and grew up in the Air Force as a son to Major Robert David Kuhne and Thelma Parsons Kuhne. He moved with his sister (Dawn Elyse) and brother (Wes Parsons) from one Air Force base to another, living in San Antonio, Houston, Biloxi, Tampa, Tucson, Chicago, and El Paso, before his father retired in 1962. The family then moved to New Haven, Indiana and into civilian life.

During his childhood, his father taught him perspective drawing when he was seven years old. His parents introduced him to architecture and civil engineering through books in their library. His early employment was with a landscape architect in Fort Wayne, Indiana before beginning work as an assistant to Dr Louis G. Petro, a Civil Engineer in Fort Wayne. With Louis G Petro & Associates, between the ages of 14 and 16, he learned drafting, project management, and the fundamentals to both architecture and engineering. He worked for Cole Matson & Matott Architects in Fort Wayne in his final year of high school. Graduating from New Haven High School in 1969, he entered William Marsh Rice University in the School of Architecture. There, he completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree with majors in both Art and Architecture in 1973. Returning to Indiana, he began work for Louis Petro, who was then the head of the Fort Wayne Housing Authority, and within three months he was selected as the Midtown Architect for Mayor Ivan Lebamoff in Fort Wayne. During this time, he completed a new master plan for downtown Fort Wayne. In addition, he restored the farmer’s market back to West Berry Street, designed the Courtyards Project (then called the “Alley Project”) at Wayne and Calhoun Streets, and developed the initial plans for Citilights State Park (eventually to become Headwaters Park).

Eric Kuhne Net Worth

Eric Kuhne is one of the richest Architect from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eric Kuhne 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Eric Robert Kuhne (September 2, 1951 – July 25, 2016) was an American-born British architect based in London. With major projects around the world, Kuhne’s assignments included the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent completed in 1999, the largest shopping mall in Europe, and the Titanic Belfast visitor attraction in Northern Ireland which opened to the public in 2012.

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In 1990, Kuhne visited his sister’s family in Sydney, Australia and gave a talk at the University of Sydney School of Architecture entitled “Civic Vs Public”. There he met Malcolm Latham who had just moved from being Director of the National Capital Planning Authority in Canberra to Director of Special Projects in Lend Lease Corporation. Through Latham, he was introduced to Stuart Hornery, Chairman of the Board of Lend Lease.

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Fahad Ranked on the list of most popular Architect. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Eric Kuhne celebrates birthday on September 2 of every year.

Opening an office in London, Kuhne began expanding the concentration of researchers, designers, and planners in the United Kingdom. With the addition of BurJuman Gardens Shopping Centrer in Dubai in 1999, Kuhne’s firm began working globally to create landmark destinations around the world. Kuhne lectured all over the world about his research, using his projects to illustrate advanced ideas in art, architecture, landscape, urban and industrial design. His talks included “Civic Vs Public”, “Stillife Vs Wildlife”, “The Art of the Gift”, “Marketplace of Ideas”, “Skyscrapers vs Starcatchers”, “Ornamental Cities” and “Five Cities For The Future”. These talks all explored restoring the quality of story-telling to architecture, gardens and cities.

Top Facts about Eric Kuhne

1. Eric Robert Kuhne was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1951 with Swiss, Czech, and Swedish heritage.
2. He grew up in the Air Force, moving from one base to another before his family settled in New Haven, Indiana.
3. In 1973, he graduated with a B.A in Art and Architecture from William Marsh Rice University and began working for the Fort Wayne, Indiana Housing Authority.
4. Kuhne conceived his later company CivicArts in 1975 and opened Eric R Kuhne & Associates in 1981 in Princeton, New Jersey.
5. In December 2009, Kuhne became a naturalized British citizen and established Kuhne’s offices in London in 1994.
6. He was best known for his designs of the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent (1999), Darling Park in Sydney, Australia (1990) and the Titanic Belfast visitor attraction (2012).
7. He lectured globally about the advanced ideas of cities and architecture his work illustrated.
8. His design philosophy, “Marketplace of Ideas”, aimed to create “great” civic spaces that “restored the storytelling quality of architecture.”
9. Kuhne died suddenly in London in 2016 from a heart attack, aged 64.
10. He was married to Pamela at the time of his passing.