Raphael Zuber

The Grono schoolhouse

Raphael Zuber (* 1973 in Chur ) is a Swiss architect.

life and work

Zuber studied at the ETH Zurich until 2001 and then founded his own company in Chur. He is also active in teaching, among others at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, the EPF Lausanne and as a guest lecturer at the ETH Zurich.

In 2010 he curated the exhibition 19 Important Buildings. A Personal Choice at the Swiss Institute in Rome . In 2016 he was invited by Alejandro Aravena to the Venice Architecture Biennale. Zuber showed four of his last projects there.

Zuber is seen as an important representative of the youngest generation of the tendency , Italian neorationalism .

Buildings (selection)

2005–2015: House in Domat Ems
2007–2011: School in Grono
2015–2016: Inverted House, Hokkaido, Japan, with Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) and Kengo Kuma and Associates

Awards

2012: Architecture and Engineering Prize for Seismic Building 2012, Foundation for Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Zurich; Schoolhouse and Kindergarten Grono
2014: Good Buildings Graubünden 2013; Grono school house
2018: Culture Prize of the City of Chur

Web links

Commons : Raphael Zuber - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Raphael Zuber in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Official website
Video on YouTube by Raphael Zuber at the Venice Architecture Biennale

Individual evidence

↑ Guest lecturer Raphael Zuber - autumn 2017 to autumn 2018. ETH Zurich: Archives .
^ Teaching Architecture. 3 positions Made in Switzerland. B. 19 Important Buildings. A personal choice. Istituto Svizzero di Roma Sede di Venezia (pdf, October 1, 2010), accessed November 20, 2019.
↑ Specialized excursion: Ticino. In: Österreichischer Wirtschaftsverlag: Architektur & Bauforum , bauforum.at, February 8, 2017.
^ Steven Spier: Swiss School in Grono by Raphael Zuber . In: Architectural Review , May 16, 2012.
↑ Schoolhouse Grono in ArchDaily

personal data
SURNAME	Zuber, Raphael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH	1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chur

[1] Guest lecturer Raphael Zuber - autumn 2017 to autumn 2018. ETH Zurich: Archives .

[2] Teaching Architecture. 3 positions Made in Switzerland. B. 19 Important Buildings. A personal choice. Istituto Svizzero di Roma Sede di Venezia (pdf, October 1, 2010), accessed November 20, 2019.

[bauforum-3] Specialized excursion: Ticino. In: Österreichischer Wirtschaftsverlag: Architektur & Bauforum , bauforum.at, February 8, 2017.

[architectural-review-4] Steven Spier: Swiss School in Grono by Raphael Zuber . In: Architectural Review , May 16, 2012.

[5] Schoolhouse Grono in ArchDaily