1944), director from 1987 to 1998 and 1999 to 2006 Kurt W. Forster (b. 1935), director from 1998 to 1999 Andreas Tönnesmann (1953–2014), director from 2006 to 2010 Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani (b. 1951), director from 2010 to 2016 Laurent Stalder (b. 1970), director from 2016 to 2021 Tom Avermaete (b. 1971), director since 2021 Professorial chairs and divisions Today the institute encompasses the following professorial chairs: Chair of the History and Theory of Urban Design, Tom Avermaete Chair of the History and Theory of Architecture, Maarten Delbeke Chair of Theory of Architecture, Laurent Stalder Chair of the History of Art and Architecture, Philip Ursprung The following divisions assist the research projects and convey their findings: gta Archives gta Verlag gta Exhibitions gta Digital The gta Institute assists in the promotion of academic newcomers with its own doctoral programme (since 2012). The institute’s educational provisions are supplemented by the programme Master of Studies in the History and Theory of Architecture, which mediates between practice and scholarship (since 1992). There is a close academic exchange with the Werner Oechslin Library Foundation, associated with the ETH Zurich via a cooperation agreement. Teaching and research areas The institute’s task is to empirically appraise and theoretically reflect upon architecture in its historical depth and ideological breadth. Along with the establishing and verification of facts, the gta Institute has always been at pains to review applied methods in terms of their validity as models and to make them beneficial to contemporary architecture. As an institute, the gta researches and teaches the history of knowledge of architecture, building forms and techniques, the function of architecture and its relations to society and politics, the evolution of design and architectural thinking from the beginnings to today, as well as the methodologies of architectural history work ranging from building analysis through to the digital humanities. References External links Official website of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture Digital Art History Image Database of the gta Institute, ETH Zurich Architectural history ETH Zurich