SWITZERLAND
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Swiss Architects · Karl Moser · Le Corbusier · Franz Füeg · Theo Hotz · Justus Dahinden · Herzog & De Meuron · Mario Botta · Peter Zumthor Architecture in Switzerland · Historical · Santiago Calatrava |
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Karl Coelestin Moser was born August 10, 1860 in Baden, canton Aargau as son of architect Robert Moser and studied architecture at Switzerland's Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (1878 - 1882). After extended studies in Paris he went to Karlsruhe (Germany) in 1887 and opened a joint office with Robert Curjel (Curjel & Moser).
After having realized a number of important buildings both in Germany and Switzerland, he was appointed professor at the ETH Zurich. Many well known Swiss architects were his students from 1915 to his resignation in 1928, among them Max Ernst Häfeli, Werner Max Moser and Rudolf Steiger (known as office HMS).
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 Paulus Church, Basel |
 St. Paul's Church, Lucerne |
 St. Anthony's Church, Basel |
Karl Coelestin Moser had cooperations with several well known artists for artwork on his buildings, among them sculptors Oskar Kiefer and Carl Burckhardt (1878-1923), and painters Heinrich Altherr (1878-1947) and Max Läuger (1864-1952).
 Centre Le Corbusier, Zurich |
Le Corbusier (a pseudonym for Charles Édouard Jeanneret) is certainly Switzerland's best known architect, but many might not know that he is Swiss. Le Corbusier was born in La-Chaux-de-Fonds (western Switzerland) October 6th, 1887 and died August 27th, 1965 in France. He had a significant influence on the International Style dominating architecture in the early 20th century.
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The title refers to a group of architects born between 1910 and 1930 who graduated from the ETH Zurich (Prof. William Dunkel) and had a strong influence on Swiss architecture in the second period of modern design right after World War II. The "Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH" [Federal Institute of Technology] is Switzerland's best school for architects, scientists and engineers on university level.
Max Frisch, born 1911, died 1991, would probably have had a great career as an architect, if he had not decided to quit this business for writing literature. Shortly after finishing his studies in architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Frisch won a competition and built a municipal swimming pool. Recently, this work has been declared a building to be preserved.
Born 1912, died 1989.
Born 1917
Jakob Zweifel was born in 1921. Studies from 1941 to 1946. Own office from 1949 in Zurich, 1971 also in Lausanne.
Major Works
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Franz Füeg was born in 1921. Among his works is Pius Church in Meggen near Lucerne, an extraordinary steel construction with translucent marble instead of glass filling the interior with a unique light. |
 Pius Church, Meggen near Lucerne |
Justus Dahinden, born May 18, 1925 in Zurich, studied architecture at the ETH Zurich from 1945 to 1949. In 1955 he founded his own office in Zurich. In 1974 Dahinden was elected professor at the Technical University Vienna (Austria). Dahinden is not only known for the buildings he designed but for important theoretical contributions on architecture and its interaction with individuals and society.
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| Secular Buildings | More than 30 Churches in Africa, Asia and Europe |
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Theo Hotz was born on August 2, 1928. He preferres to work with aluminium and glass. Among his works we find:
 Fernmeldezentrum Zürich-Herdern [telecommunication center] |
As fashion of the 1970's would have it, technical accessoires like air-condition tubes
are proudly presented in vivid colors rather than hidden. |
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 Mario Botta: Chapel on Alpe Foppa |
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 Peter Zumthor: Felsentherme Vals |
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 Sogn Benedetg church courtesy flickr user lido_6006 |
All epochs of historical architecture in Europe are represented in Switzerland. Some examples:
Late medieval covered wooden bridges can be found all around Switzerland,
the most famous in Lucerne:
Chapel Bridge & Water Tower and
Spreuer Bridge.
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