Jean-Louis Cohen

==Life and career==

==Life and career==

Jean-Louis Cohen was born on 20 July 1949 in Paris, grandson of the linguist [[Marcel Cohen]] and son of the biologist and journalist {{Interlanguage link|Francis Cohen (journalist)|lt=Francis Cohen|fr}}{{Lien web|auteur=Claude Willard|titre=COHEN Francis|url=https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article20273|site=Le Maitron|date=25 octobre 2008}} and the chemical engineer [[Marie-Élisa Nordmann-Cohen]], a survivor of [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]].{{Chapitre|langue=fr|prénom1=Jean|nom1=Maitron|prénom2=Claude|nom2=Pennetier|titre chapitre=COHEN Marie-Élisa|titre ouvrage=née NORDMANN Marie-Élisa, épouse RUMPF, puis épouse COHEN|éditeur=Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier|date=2022-01-10|lire en ligne=https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article20277|consulté le=2024-07-13}}

Jean-Louis Cohen was born on 20 July 1949 in Paris, and trained as an architect at the [[École Spéciale d'Architecture]] and at the Unité Pédagogique n° 6 in Paris, graduating in 1973 and then receiving his post-graduate diploma Architecte DPLG (''{{ Interlanguage link | Architecte diplômé par le gouvernement | fr }}'') in 1979. He received his Ph.D. in Art History from the [[École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales]] in 1985. After directing the Architectural Research Program at the French Ministry of Housing, from 1983 to 1996 he held a Research Professorship at the School of Architecture Paris-Villemin, and from 1996 to 2004, a Chair in Town-Planning History at the Institut Français d'Urbanisme, University of Paris. In 1994 he was named the Sheldon H. Solow Chair for the History of Architecture at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, where he taught, and he lectured widely at North American universities.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

He was trained as an architect at the [[École Spéciale d'Architecture]] and at the Unité Pédagogique n° 6 in Paris, graduating in 1973 and then receiving his post-graduate diploma Architecte DPLG (''{{Interlanguage link | Architecte diplômé par le gouvernement | fr }}'') in 1979. He received his Ph.D. in Art History from the [[École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales]] in 1985. After directing the Architectural Research Program at the French Ministry of Housing, from 1983 to 1996 he held a Research Professorship at the School of Architecture Paris-Villemin, and from 1996 to 2004, a Chair in Town-Planning History at the Institut Français d'Urbanisme, University of Paris. In 1994 he was named the Sheldon H. Solow Chair for the History of Architecture at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, where he taught, and he lectured widely at North American universities.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

In 1998 he was appointed to develop the [[Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine]] in Paris which opened in 2007. He was director of the project until 2003. In the course of his career he curated many major exhibitions including "The Lost Vanguard", at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (2007); "Scenes of the World to Come", "Architecture in Uniform" and "Building a New New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture" at the [[Canadian Centre for Architecture]] (1995, 2011, and 2019); "Paris-Moscou" (1979) and the centennial show "L'aventure Le Corbusier" (1987), both at the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]]; "Le Corbusier, tainy tvorchestva," at the [[Pushkin Museum]] in Moscow (2012); "Interférences – architecture, Allemagne, France" at the [[Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain (Strasbourg)|Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg]], and the [[Deutsches Architekturmuseum]], Frankfurt (2013); and "Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes" at New York's [[Museum of Modern Art]] in 2013.{{cite news |last1=Kennicott |first1=Philip |title=Le Corbusier at MoMA: A Love/Hate Relationship |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/le-corbusier-at-moma-a-lovehate-relationship/2013/07/11/799caca4-e58d-11e2-a11e-c2ea876a8f30_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=29 May 2020 |date=12 July 2013}} In 2013 he was also appointed Commissioner of the French Pavilion for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition ([[Venice Biennale]], 2014).{{cite web |title=Pavillon français 14e exposition internationale d'architecture La Biennale di Venezia |url=https://www.culture.gouv.fr/content/download/251258/2818682 |website=Ministère de la Culture (France) |accessdate=29 May 2020 |language=French}}

In 1998 he was appointed to develop the [[Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine]] in Paris which opened in 2007. He was director of the project until 2003. In the course of his career he curated many major exhibitions including "The Lost Vanguard", at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (2007); "Scenes of the World to Come", "Architecture in Uniform" and "Building a New New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture" at the [[Canadian Centre for Architecture]] (1995, 2011, and 2019); "Paris-Moscou" (1979) and the centennial show "L'aventure Le Corbusier" (1987), both at the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]]; "Le Corbusier, tainy tvorchestva," at the [[Pushkin Museum]] in Moscow (2012); "Interférences – architecture, Allemagne, France" at the [[Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain (Strasbourg)|Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg]], and the [[Deutsches Architekturmuseum]], Frankfurt (2013); and "Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes" at New York's [[Museum of Modern Art]] in 2013.{{cite news |last1=Kennicott |first1=Philip |title=Le Corbusier at MoMA: A Love/Hate Relationship |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/le-corbusier-at-moma-a-lovehate-relationship/2013/07/11/799caca4-e58d-11e2-a11e-c2ea876a8f30_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=29 May 2020 |date=12 July 2013}} In 2013 he was also appointed Commissioner of the French Pavilion for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition ([[Venice Biennale]], 2014).{{cite web |title=Pavillon français 14e exposition internationale d'architecture La Biennale di Venezia |url=https://www.culture.gouv.fr/content/download/251258/2818682 |website=Ministère de la Culture (France) |accessdate=29 May 2020 |language=French}}