Raphael Zuber (born 5 June 1973 in

Chur , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Churwalden, Tschiertschen-Praden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers , twintowns = Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg), ...

) is a

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Biography

Raphael Zuber studied at

ETH Zurich (colloquially) , former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule , image = ETHZ.JPG , image_size = , established = , type = Public , budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021) , rector = Günther Dissertori , president = Joël Mesot , ac ...

until 2001 and practiced with

Valerio Olgiati Valerio Olgiati (born 1958) is a Swiss architect. He initially studied architecture at ETH Zurich, a public research university in Zurich, Switzerland, after which he lived in Switzerland, followed by Los Angeles in the United States. He mad ...

in Zurich. After graduating, he founded an architectural office in

. Zuber taught at the

Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio The Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (AAM) is a Swiss school of architecture and is a founding unit of Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). History The Accademia was founded by Mario Botta, whose influences were Kenneth Frampton, ...

, the

Oslo School of Architecture and Design The Oslo School of Architecture and Design ( no, Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo, AHO) is an autonomous institution within the Norwegian university system. The School offers a unique research-based education with a strong international stan ...

, the EPF Lausanne, the

and at the

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

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. Raphael Zuber was invited by

Alejandro Aravena Alejandro Gastón Aravena Mori (born 22 June 1967) is a Chilean architect and executive director of the firm Elemental S.A. He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2016, and was the director and curator of the Architecture Section of the 201 ...

to the

Venice Biennale of Architecture Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 202 ...

in 2016, where he showed four of his most recent projects.

Works

* 2007–2011: schoolhouse,

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with Conzett Bronzini Gartmann and Maurus Schifferli * 2005–2016: apartment building,

Domat/Ems Domat/Ems ( rm, Domat ; german: Ems) is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History Domat/Ems is first mentioned in 765 as ''colonia de Amede''. Ems is the German name for the municipality, Domat is the ...

with Conzett Bronzini Gartmann * 2015–2016: inverted house,

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with the

and

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and Associates * 2018–2024: house at the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

with Laura Cristea * 2018–2026: public swimmingpool, Gossau with Ferrari Gartmann and Maurus Schifferli

Awards

* 2012: Architecture and engineering prize for earthquake-proof construction for schoolhouse Grono * 2013:

Auszeichnungen für gute Bauten Graubünden Auszeichnungen für gute Bauten Graubünden is a Switzerland, Swiss based architecture prize that has been awarded by the Gute Bauten Graubünden (Award for Architectural Achievements) since 1987. The award recognizes developers for their outsta ...

for schoolhouse Grono * 2018: Recognition award from the city of Chur

Literature

* ''Important Buildings.'' Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Kaleidoscope Press, Milano 2010 * ''Important Buildings. A personal choice made by students with Raphael Zuber.'' Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Juni 2011 * ''Raphael Zuber – Four Projects.'' Pelinu Books, Bukarest 2020

External links

Archinform

Instagram

Website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zuber, Raphael Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Academic staff of ETH Zurich Architecture educators ETH Zurich alumni Living people Swiss architects 1973 births 21st-century Swiss architects