Foundation Award
The Foundation Award is a Swiss Architectural Award for young architects, which is awarded annually by the following institutions and companies: Swiss Architecture Museum , Hochparterre AG , art-tv.ch , Computer Works Ltd., Hewlett-Packard (Switzerland), Swissbau , PSA Publishers Ltd. and Vectorworks, Inc. The winners are determined by an independent jury.
Once a year, the Foundation Award honors three young, innovative architecture firms with material and cash prizes (worth CHF 24,000). All Swiss architecture firms that were founded no more than four years ago can take part.
Award winners
- 2019 Studio Barrus, Zurich; 2nd place: Leuthold von Meiss Architects, Zurich; 3rd place: luna productions gmbh, Deitingen
- 2018 Alma Maki GmbH, Basel; 2nd place: KUMMER / SCHIESS Architects MA ZFH, Zurich; 3rd place: AM Architects, Lucerne
- 2016 JOM Architects GmbH, Zurich; 2nd place: lillitt bollinger studio gmbh, Basel; 3rd place: Jaeger Koechlin Architects ETH, Basel
- 2015 Alder Clavuot Nunzi Architects ETH SIA, Soglio; 2nd place: GOA Gerber Odermatt Architects ETH / SIA, Zurich; 3rd place: Haltmeier Kister Architektur GmbH, Zurich
- 2014 Focketyn del Rio studio, Basel; 2nd place: camponovo baumgartner architects, Zurich; 3rd place: ATELIER HIRSCHBICHLER, Zurich
- 2013 Demuth Hagenmüller Architects, Zurich; 2nd place: Huber Waser Mühlebach Architects, Lucerne; 3rd place: Thomas Schlichting Architetto, Lugano
- 2012 MJ2B Architects AG, Murten
- 2011 Felippi Wyssen Architects, Basel
- 2010 kit | architects eth sia gmbh, Zurich