Son of a distinguished legal scholar, Johann Caspar Bluntschli, A. F. "Fritz" Bluntschli commenced his architectural education in 1860 at the Zürich Polytechnikum (now ETH Zurich) under Gottfried Semper, and later (1864) attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the atelier of Charles-Auguste Questel.
Son of a distinguished jurist, Johann Caspar Bluntschli, A. F. "Fritz" Bluntschli started his architectural education in 1860 at the Zürich Polytechnikum (now ETH Zurich) under Gottfried Semper's tutelage, and subsequently attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of Charles-Auguste Questel.