Researching Wim Eckert
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 61 people with the Eckert surname? In that year Eckert was ranked number 3518 for popularity in the UK. |
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Wim Eckert
Wim Eckert (born 1969 in Zurich) is a Swiss architect and co-founder of E2A Architects.
Eckert studied architecture at the ETH Zurich (Diploma 1995). From 1995 until 1997 he worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). He has been an independent architect in Zurich since 1997 and founded E2A Architects together with Piet Eckert in 2001. Wim Eckert has taught at the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands, at the ETH Zurich and at the HafenCity University in Hamburg. Since 2014 he has been teaching as Visiting Professor at the USI Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio.
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