Eric R. Kuhne *83

Eric Kuhne, a noted architect, died July 25, 2016, in London of a sudden heart attack, at the age of 64.

Kuhne graduated in 1973 from Rice University, and in 1983 earned a master of architecture degree from Princeton. At Princeton, Kuhne said he was inspired by such professors as Michael Graves “to restore the pageantry of civic places.”

In Fort Wayne, Ind., the flood of 1982 led to the redevelopment of its downtown. Former Mayor Win Moses recently said, “The type of success we’re having today with Parkview Field and the Ash Brokerage development and the riverfront all started with Eric Kuhne’s making a great design across the thumb of downtown Fort Wayne.”

Later, through his London-based firm, Civic Arts/Eric R. Kuhne and Associates, he designed buildings on five continents. His design for the Titanic Museum in Belfast, Ireland, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking in 1912, was featured in PAW’s April 4, 2012, Tiger of the Week article about Kuhne.

Diana Hartman, Kuhne’s friend since high school, said, “He never stopped learning, he never stopped listening, he never stopped being fascinated by things.” Nonetheless, he “was a very humble, down-to-earth man.”

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