Biography
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1958 apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker
1963 studies design at Kunstgewerbeschule Basel
1966 Studies interior design at the Pratt Institute of Architecture and interior design
1968 Architect with the Department for the Preservation of Monuments, Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
1978 Lectures on preservation of vernacular architecture at the University of Zurich
1979 Opens his own practice in Graubünden
1988 Visiting professor at Southern California Institute of Architecture, Santa Monica
1989 Visiting professor at Technische Universität, Munich Workshop, Graz Summer School, Austria
1994 becomes a member of Akademie der Künste in Berlin
1996 elected an honorary member of Bund Deutscher Architekten, BDA, Germany 1996 Professor at the Academy of Architecture, University of Italian Switzerland, Mendrisio
1998 wins the Calberg Architecture Prize
1999 Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor of Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
1999 wins the Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture, Barcelona
2000 Becomes an honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Projects
1983 Churwalden elementary school, Churwalden, , Graubünden, Switzerland
1983 Räth House, Haldenstein, Graubünden, Switzerland
1986 Shelters for Roman archaeological site, Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland
1986 Atelier Zumthor, Haldenstein, Graubünden, Switzerland
1989 Saint Benedict Chapel, Sumvitg, Graubünden, Switzerland
1990 Chur Art Museum, Graubünden, Switzerland
1993 Residential home for the elderly, Masans, Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland
1994 Gugalun House, Versam, Graubünden, Switzerland
1996 Spittelhof housing, Biel-Benken, Basel, Switzerland1996 Thermal Bath Vals, Vals, Graubünden, Switzerland
1997 Art Museum Bregenz, Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria
1997 Topography of Terror, International Exhhibition and Documentation Centre, Berlin, Germany
1997-2000 Swiss Pavillion EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany
1997 House in Küsnacht am Zürichsee Küsnacht, Switzerland
1997 Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, London, England
1997 Lichtforum Zumtobel Staff, Zürich, Switzerland
1997 - 2000 Kolumba - Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum, Cologne (Köln), Germany
1999 Cloud Rock Wilderness Lodge Moab
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