De aedibus

2 primary works • 25 total works

Philippe Meyer

by Heinz Wirz

Published 28 March 2018

Transparency and solid construction both complement and depend on each other in the works of Philippe Meyer. The volume
presents a cross-section of his precisely defined projects, which have been executed since 2003. They include expansive villas in the region around Geneva, the new Physics Building of the University of Geneva, and a residential building for students in Montreux.

Kast Kaeppeli

by Heinz Wirz

Published 1 March 2018

The two Bern-based architects Adrian Kast and Thomas Kaeppeli founded their firm in 2008, including a branch in Basel. In terms of their floor plan, section and construction, their buildings are well-considered, precise structures that have been developed in a sophisticated way: for instance, various residential buildings, three kindergartens and several school buildings.

Text in English and German.

Vincent Mangeat

by Heinz Wirz

Published 14 December 2020

Vincent Mangeat was one of the most important protagonists of western Swiss architecture in 1980s and 1990s, as well as an influential teacher at the EPF in Lausanne. This volume presents some of his impressive buildings in retrospection; they include the poetic primary school building in Tannay and the programmatic high school in Nyon, with its powerful architectural presence.

Text in German and French.

Galletti Matter

by Heinz Wirz

Published 18 September 2017

The architectural couple Olivier Galletti and Claude Matter in Lausanne have already produced an impressive oeuvre. Their buildings always react in an extremely sensitive way to the given location and the premises of their use. In this way, they have created diverse individuals in terms of form, figure, construction and materials in the last 25 years, always alternating between utilisation and the architectural idea.

Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann

by Heinz Wirz

Published 6 November 2017

An architectural couple with contrasting roots, Graeme Mann from Scotland and Patricia Capua Mann from Italy founded their
office in Lausanne in 1990. Since then they have produced a remarkable oeuvre. All of their buildings are developed with
consideration and care: for instance, the large multipurpose sports and community hall in Villaz-St-Pierre, which is anchored into the topography, or the striking structure of a secondary school in Gland.

MPH

by Heinz Wirz

Published 3 March 2021

Olaf Hunger, Nicolas Monnerat and Franck Petitpierre are the protagonists of the Lausanne office MPH. The architects have
produced a significant oeuvre since 1997, mainly consisting of large housing developments, individual homes and renovation
projects on historical buildings that impress through their structural clarity, coherent material choices and pronounced tectonics.
Text in English and German.

Esposito Javet

by Heinz Wirz

Published 8 November 2017

Since 2003, the Lausanne architectural couple Alfonso Esposito and Anne-Catherine has been working persistently on a respectable oeuvre of public buildings and housing. With great respect for the relevant location and the functional requirements of the building task, they find fitting figures and inspired materials that ultimately lead to an appropriate, poetic expression.

Meyer Piattini

by Heinz Wirz

Published 30 October 2019

Lukas Meyer and Ira Piattini have been operating from their architectural office in Lamone near Lugano since 1996. By now, they have produced an exciting, mature oeuvre that also represents a further development of the Ticino 'Tendenza'. Their great sophistication and the constant integration of poetic aspects have contributed to buildings such as the headquarters of Credit Suisse in Lamone, an administrative and a residential building in Lugano, an administrative building in Monte Carasso and the so-called cinque case in Barbengo.

Text in English and German.

Bonhote Zapata

by Heinz Wirz

Published 10 October 2022

An impressive number of competition successes enabled Philippe Bonhôte and Julia Zapata to construct a number of residential buildings in Geneva. The extremely imaginative floor plans that are strongly orientated towards their housing use, as well as their unfussy, expressive exterior appearance, characterise these high-quality buildings.

Text in English and German.

Weberbrunner

by Heinz Wirz

Published 6 December 2019

Since 1999, the Zurich architects Roger Weber and Boris Brunner have produced an impressive oeuvre based on numerous competition successes. Their residential developments, schools and public buildings are always well-considered, voluminous, spatially orientated solutions designed with a powerful architectural instinct.

Text in English and German.

Frei Rezakhanlou

by Heinz Wirz

Published 7 February 2020

In 2010, the two Lausanne architects Eric Frei and Kaveh Rezakhanlou produced an exceptional school facility in Chermignon, Lower Valais. Like a Greek temple, it has the power to combine the landscape, topography, urban morphology and building type. The architects have also designed further projects with great architectural qualities.

Text in English and German.

Rapin Saiz: De aedibus

by Heinz Wirz

Published 10 October 2022

Vincent Rapin and Maria Saiz in Vevey transpose their experience of the international architectural scene to the tone of regional neighbourhoods. The meticulously and professionally designed measures enable them to appropriately ennoble apparently everyday aspects of a building, integrating it coherently into its surroundings.

Text in English and German.

Lin Robbe Seiler

by Heinz Wirz

Published 29 August 2018

Laurent Lin, Alain Robbe and Rolf Seiler are the protagonists of the Geneva office founded in 1999. Since then, a dozen competition successes have resulted in several residential developments, a school building, an old people's home, commercial and administrative buildings, and individual homes. The designs are always pointedly critical and creative engagements with the building programme, the location and building regulations.

Text in English and German.

Architetti Tibiletti Associati

by Heinz Wirz

Published 3 March 2021

Projects by Stefano Tibiletti and Catherine Glaeser-Tibiletti are clear architectural responses to the location and its urban morphology, translated into forms of typology and construction. A number of remarkable residential and public buildings have been erected in this way since 2006.

Text in English and German.

Horisberger Wagen

by Heinz Wirz

Published 21 March 2022

Since a compilation of their work was published in the series Anthologie 2012 ISBN 9783037610565, Detlef Horisberger and Mario Wagen have achieved further competition successes and expanded their exciting oeuvre. The designs always critically and creatively engage with the building programme, the location and the legal construction regulations.

Text in English and German.

Aebi & Vincent architecten

by Heinz Wirz

Published 1 September 2020

The two Bern architects Bernhard Aebi and Pascal Vincent have designed an impressive portfolio of works since 1996, including renovations of historical buildings such as the Bundeshaus in Bern, but also many residential and administrative buildings, mostly following competition successes and always achieving great architectural qualities.




Text in English and German.

Fournier-Maccagnan

by Heinz Wirz

Published 10 October 2022

For almost 15 years, the architectural couple Pascal Fournier and Sandra Maccagnan has been working in the Unterwallis region to produce a remarkable oeuvre. The individual buildings consciously react to their developed, usually rural environments and are able to clarify them, thereby achieving a more beautiful, complete whole.

Text in French and Italian.

Butikofer de Oliveira Vernay

by Heinz Wirz

Published 28 August 2018

Olivia de Oliveira from Sao Paolo, Brazil and the two western Swiss architects Serge Butikofer and Olivier Vernay founded their office in 2005. Their most important, substantial projects include two carefully developed school facilities, impressive residential buildings in the Eco-Quarter in Lausanne and a planned major urban facility for the Cantonal Library in Fribourg.

De Smet Vermeulen

by Heinz Wirz

Published 1 June 2016

For the first time in this series, Quart presents architects from Belgium, where a consistently high standard of building culture was produced in the 1990s. Henk De Smet and Paul Vermeulen are important representatives of that movement. To this day, they have produced an impressive, high-quality oeuvre. Their works include townhouses, residential and office buildings and a wide range of public buildings. Text in Dutch and French.

Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu

by Heinz Wirz

Published 19 February 2018

The name of this firm is formed from the three Belgian architects Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck and Jo Taillieu in Ghent. The volume presents some of their interventions to existing building constellations. These are always like surgical procedures that dissect the existing structures and then carefully complement and extend them. In this way, they create airy, often audacious figures that are confidently self-assertive.