Lux Guyer
Luise (Lux) Guyer (20 August 1894 in Zurich – 25 May 1955 in Zurich) was a Swiss architect, remembered above all for designing buildings for the SAFFA women's fair, Bern, in 1927. Early life The daughter of Johannes Heinrich Guyer, a schoolteacher, she first took interior design courses with Wilhelm Kienzle at the Arts and Crafts School in Zurch (1917) before attending the Technology Institute (1918). After serving apprenticeships with architectural firms in Zurich and Berlin, she embarked on study trips to Paris, London and Florence.Daniel Weiss, "Lux Guyer (20.8.1894 - 26.5.1955)"
''ETH Zürich''. . Retrieved 25 April 2012.

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In 1924, Guyer became one of the first women in Switzerland to establish her own architectural practice, opening an offic ...
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Küsnacht - Eigenheim Lux Guyer «Sunnebüel», Am Itschnacherstich 1 2011-08-26 14-19-12 ShiftN
Küsnacht is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. History Küsnacht is first mentioned in 1188 as ''de Cussenacho''. Earliest findings of settlement date back to the stone age. There are also findings from the Bronze Age. During Roman times, a mansion was located on the commons. It was called ''fundus Cossiniacus'' which is probably the origin of the name of Küsnacht. In the 7th century the name was recorded as ''Chussenacho''. The coat of arms shows a golden cushion on a red background. It is probably a derivate of the coat of arms of the aristocrats of Küssnacht am Rigi. In the Middle Ages, the land was governed by the House of Regensberg who lived in the castle of Wulp in Küsnacht. After 1531 Küsnacht was governed by Zurich. Like most other municipalities along Lake Zürich, Küsnacht started to become a suburb of the city of Zürich with the development of the railway link in 1896. The psychiatrist Carl Jung had his clinic ...
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