Swiss Architect
1. Le Corbusier (1887)
Swiss Architect
City planner and architect who once said, "A house is a machine for living"; pioneered modern architecture. He was also an early advocate of urban planning.
2. Hannes Meyer (1889)
Swiss Architect
The second Director of the Bauhaus in Dessau, serving from 1928 until 1930. He was a proponent of Functionalism.
3. Peter Zumthor (1943)
Swiss Architect
Designer of the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria and recipient of the 2009 Pritzker Prize and 2013 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. He was known for such architectural literature as "Thinking Architecture,"...
4. Mario Botta (1943)
Swiss Architect
Swiss architect whose work included the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Europa-Park Dome, the Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, and the Milan bus station, Vimercate.
5. Bernard Tschumi (1944)
Swiss Architect
Architect and writer whose work included the Tokyo National Theater and Opera House and the Parc de la Villette in Paris. He was associated with deconstructivism.
6. Werner Schindler (1963)
Swiss Architect
Schindler was a Swiss architect. In 1948 he won a silver medal together with Edy Knupfer in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for their Projekt ETS Magglingen Eidgenössische...
7. Valerio Olgiati (1958)
Swiss Architect
Valerio Olgiati is an internationally active Swiss architect.
8. Jean Berthoud (1846)
Swiss Architect
Jean-Édouard Berthoud commonly referred to as Jean Berthoud was born in Neuchâtel and was married to Georgine Léonie Panier. He was the son of pastor Alexis-Henri Berthoud and Louise-Marie Vaucher....
9. Carl Ahasver von Sinner (1754)
Swiss Architect
Carl Ahasver von Sinner was a Bernese architect of the Louis XVI period. Born in Sumiswald as the son of governor Johann Bernhard von Sinner he married Maria Susanna Zeerleder...
10. Hans Benno Bernoulli (1876)
Swiss Architect
Hans Benno Bernoulli was a famous Swiss architect.
