In 1991, he transferred to emeritus status.īefore coming to Princeton, Colquhoun served as a visiting lecturer in the United States and abroad, including Harvard University, the University of Cambridge and L'Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, among others. program and encouraged students and faculty alike to widen their sphere of reference,' Vidler said.Ĭolquhoun joined the Princeton faculty in 1981. 'Gentle and helpful to students, fearless in confronting what he considered affronts to sloppy thinking, and open at all times to debate and interdisciplinary discourse, Alan's presence anchored the Ph.D.

'From his first visit in 1966 to the School of Architecture as visiting critic in the Graduate Studio, through his continuing appointment as tenured professor, Alan's quiet but consistently critical voice of reason was a pillar of the intellectual life of the school,' said Anthony Vidler, a professor of architecture at Princeton from 1965 to 1993 and the dean of the School of Architecture at Cooper Union in New York City. Alan Colquhoun, Princeton University professor emeritus of architecture and the Class of 1913 Lecturer in Architecture Emeritus, died at home of natural causes Dec.

Modern Architecture by Alan Colquhoun