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For the first time, Lignum Region Basel is awarding the Innovationspreis Holz among the local timber construction projects submitted to the Prix…

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Tiny Hotels and Lodgings: Hotels for really every need "For the 2025 spring season, Switzerland Tourism, in professional collaboration with…

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Harry Gugger acts as jury member for the Holcim Awards North America 2025. He strongly recommends the participation in this most pestigous award for…

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Conference and round table - Towards a Renovation Culture Tomorrow, Tuesday 15 October at 6 pm, don't miss the conference organised as part of the…

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We are happy to share the new photos of the recently completed Windisch Kunzareal project. Congratulations to all the team and all the people…

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Last evening, the municipality of Birsfelden voted on the center project 2.0 and accepted the new proposal. The municipality approved a loan and…

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On 23rd of September 2024, the municipal assembly will vote on a new proposal for the development of Birsfelden’s town center. This district plan is t…

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We are honoured to have received two Prix Lignum 2024 in recognition for innovative, high-quality and forward-looking use in timber construction.…

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Our studio is looking for a project leader. You can find here more information: link We are looking forward to receiving your application.

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The new Hauser & Wirth gallery opened it’s doors in Basel on June 1st. We are very pleased that we were able to renovate and design exhibition r…

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We are very excited to share "The Silo", a short documentary directed by the young talent Aureliano Ramella. In the documentary Harry…

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À point New replacement buildings on Hirtenweg in Riehen by Studio Gugger << The wooden residential buildings in Riehen by Studio Gugger were …

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In this video, which was created as part of the SIA PRIX 2024, Harry Gugger and Daniel Erne (ERNE Holzbau AG) present the Hirtenweg development.…

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We are delighted that the ground-breaking ceremony for the residential and commercial building on the Müllerbräu site took place on 8 April 2024. L…

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We are very happy to see that our Private House Thalwil was featured in the April issue of Das Einfamilien Haus. to the article

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The "Prix SIA Talks" put the nine nominated projects in the spotlight. In the first talk with Nathalie Mongé, landscape architect, …

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The construction of the Tapetenmuseum in Kassel is progressing! After the topping-out ceremony in December 2023, the roof structure is currently…

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With the Hirtenweg housing estate, the Studio Gugger team, together with Erne Holzbau and Fontana Landschaftsarchitektur, has created dense,…

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<<Whether high-rise buildings, large residential complexes or office blocks - the future is open to building with wood. We provide an insight…

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Both Hirtenweg and Silo received the "Gutes Bauen" award by canton Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. You can find the juries report here

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We are proud of our social housing project Hirtenweg that received the Bautenpraemierung by the institution of Heimatshutz Basel. Congratulations to…

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We are happy to show the new photos taken by the talented photographer Kateryna Debkaliuk.

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Silo Erlenmatt wins the award for the most creative typology. ≪Beyond the pure act of creation, constructive imagination is the quest for original s…

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"The Silo" is a documentary short film directed by the young and talented Aureliano Ramella and it narrates the spirit of our project…

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This year the International Prize for Sustainable Architecture has reached its fifteenth edition and dozens of projects from various European and…

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Find Silo Erlenmatt in the latest issue of Betonprisma. to the article

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The Fowlescombe Farm is presently under construction. The renovation of the Farmhouse and L-Barns is soon to be completed. The U-Barns are due for…

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The demolition is completed and now the construction of the new structure is taking place. to the project

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We are very happy that the Silo renovation was nominated for the Swiss Architecture Yearbook 2023. "At last, the high quality of Swiss…

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Harry Gugger Studio has condensed the narrow plot of land from four to six full storeys with a new office building made of wood in the middle of the…

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We are very happy that our Medisuisse HQ is on swiss-architects.com on this beautiful article written by Stefanie Haunschild. to the article

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"The current Tobler site is to become the Rösslihof with space for residential and commercial use. At the same time, the architects want to turn …

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We are always looking for new interns that can contribute with their freshness and energy to our team. Reuirements: -Excellent communication skills…

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Our residential project in Windisch Kunzareal now has its foundations!

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We are very excited to announce that two of our projects reached their completion this summer. We invite you to discover our projects Private house…

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Silo Erlenmatt was featured in the issue 15 of Bauwelt. to the article

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We are proud to announce that the project 744 Viscosistadt Hochschule Luzern is included in the new book "Architecture and learning. Spaces for…

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We are exhited to invite you to visit the Exhibition Touch Wood at the Zentrum Architektur Zürich. The exhibition aim to give the visitor an overview …

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"St.Gallen's tallest wooden building replaces the former Italian consulate, which had been used temporarily as a cultural consulate and string…

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Hirtenweg was featured in the last issue of Beobachter. to the article

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We are happy to have been included in the TOP 5 happenings of 2021 by Architektur Basel. to the article

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Hirtenweg was awarded with a official mention from the jury of the Baffa Rivolta Eauropean Architecture Award. "Mention for the research and…

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The Birsfelden municipal assembly confirms the centre development with a large majority. We are very pleased and congratulate all those involved in…

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we are happy to invite you on the 16th November at Hochschule Luzern for the lecture held by Harry Gugger in occasion of the vernissage of the…

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Fresh talents in the office!

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We are extremely excited to announce that our proposal for the Kessel Haus in Unterwindisch was awarded with the 1st prize. Congratulations to our…

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The urban design for the centre is a great success. Eight building leaseholders are to work on 13 plots. The majority are housing cooperatives. to…

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Harry Gugger builds all over the world and yet thinks of the region and the small wallets. A research for affordable housing. to the article

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The Basel Heritage Protection Office awards the building, which served as a warehouse and is now a boutique hotel, marked as "brilliant".…

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The people of Birsfeld have made up their minds: At the municipal assembly on 27 September, a large majority voted in favour of the Birseckstrasse…

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We are very happy to share this article on Modulart that features an interview with Harry Gugger. to the article

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The Silo project was presented at ETH Zürich as an awarded project at the BETON21 awards organized by Beton Suisse. The award-winning projects can be …

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The Silo was shortlisted for the "AR New into Old" award. Here's the link to the article!

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A new interview for Credit Suisse is published. Harry Gugger answers questions about our works and the new challenges of architecture in the near…

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You can visit our projects Silo Erlenmatt and Transitlager during Open House Basel. Book your visit here!

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Hirtenweg is now available also on TRACÉS on an issue dedicated to wood construction.

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We are proud of this article published on the Sonntagszeitung!

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Our housing project in Basel is published on the latest Tec21.

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Our Frontgarten project in St Gallen is completing its first steps of the construction process. Many thanks to Nänny + Partner AG for the photo.

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Our Silo project is on the cover page of this month. Info

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Birsfelden wants to refurbish its town centre. Around 285 new flats are planned on 13 building sites. The building rights have been distributed -…

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After delivering the first building, Hirtenweg project is entering the next phase. The demolition of the existing building is almost completed to…

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In Riehen, the first flats of the Basel-Stadt housing programme 1000+ are ready for occupancy. They offer affordable state housing. Info Project

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Dear friends of laba It is a great pleasure to offer you laba’s latest and final publication. In one way or another you have contributed to this p…

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The public participation procedure according to § Section 7 of the Spatial Planning and Building Act will take place from 27 November 2020 to 4 …

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Until 2 November 2020 interested building right holders can apply for 1-3 of the 13 plots put out to tender. Information on the district plan and…

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The Spenglerpark district planning is an important element of Münchensteiner area development. With a 58.41% majority in favour, the population …

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15 m long prefabricated wooden modules are arriving and getting assembled on the construction site of our housing project in Hirtenweg.

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Silo Erlenmatt has been awarded by best architects 21! Congratulations to the whole team!

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This month, thanks to an initiative of S AM (Swiss Architecture Museum), we have conducted a children tour through the Silo. We were challenged by…

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Our Exchange is the background of a film set pretending to be in New York. Looking forward to see the movie!

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The opening of the Silo was covered by an article on the Basler Zeitung! for further information

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The Silo is on the cover page of the last issue of the Schweizer Baudokumentation. for further information

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Silo Erlenmatt is published in a great article on the last issue of TRACÉS. for more information.

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Our school building 744 Viscosistadt is featured in the last issue of Phoenix! for more information

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It's possible now to rent working spaces in our Silo project which is planned to be completed this spring. The Silo is standing in the freshly…

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Our project for a private house in Bottmingen is published on the first number of the year of Wohnrevue!

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We are very proud to announce that the city of Vancouver recognise to The Exchange the award of honour for its contribution to heritage…

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We are happy to invite you to the official opening of the 745 Viscosistadt building. info

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We are happy to welcome you to the Book Launch of laba's publication 'FEZ Lessons'. Fez Lessons: Industrious Habitat is the result of a teaching and…

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We are happy to invite you at Swiss Talks #4: Harry Gugger e Francesco Dal Co. The event will take place on at Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi in Venice…

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The 52 apartments in our new residential development in Allschwil are now available to rent. The development will be completed and ready to move in…

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The hotel occupying part of the Exchange building in Vancouver got a wonderful review from the New York Times.

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We are excited to announce that the construction of the new building for the Arts and Design Department of the University of Applied Sciences of…

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our town center masterplan Zentrum Birsfelden has been featured in the last issue of Werk, magazine.

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This week we are hosting Chiara, Julian, Nikolaj and Noah from the Drei Linden and Vogesen secondary school. The curiosity of the younger generation…

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On 2nd May 2019 starts the district plan procedure for the project. Then the inhabitants can comment on the planning. Mayor Giorgo Lüthi emphasizes …

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We are very excited to announce that HGS won the competition for a new housing complex in Riehen. Congratulation to our design team and to our…

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Harry Gugger Studio completes a 1990’s single family house renovation.

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The demolition and excavation of the new residential development in Allschwil has commenced. Completion is foreseen for mid 2020

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We are excited to inform that after the presentation on Monday 10.12.2018 the Birsfelden community has said the final yes to the planned municipality…

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Take a look at the full list of this year’s nominees here.

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Soon we'll have a completely refurbished model workshop and new office rooms!

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Shell completed for the 744 Viscosistadt Building!

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Harry Gugger was part of the Jury Panel, along with Katja and Gerold Schneider for the Studio Sejima Final Reviews in the Institute of Architecture,…

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The Symposium on the development of the center of Birsfelden will take place on June 7, 2018. Soon you’ll be able to find more information on the e…

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We are happy to share that the architectural journal Tracés publishes an article on Laba's ‘Israel Lessons - Industrial Arcadia’. For more info…

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HGS kindly invites you to the ‘Building Culture creates Identity’ panel discussion Harry Gugger will be partaking in. The discussion is part of ‘Ab…

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Currently under construction by Executive Hotels & Resorts, the EXchange Hotel will occupy the first 11 floors of the Exchange Tower. Click here…

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An exhibition of all competition entries is open to the public this week (22.03 - 24.03) in the Kirchmattschulhaus, Birsfelden. For more information…

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HGS wins the competition for a multi-family residence in Thalwil Switzerland. The construction is planned to begin by the end of 2018.

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Harry Gugger Studio announces the Grand Opening of the Exchange happening in Vancouver on Thursday, November 9.

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The Exchange wins the American Architecture Prize 2017 in the category of ‘Heritage Architecture’.

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Many thanks to Daniel Tudor Munteanu for featuring ‘House Bruderholz’ in his blog ‘OfHouses’!

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The Collaboration with BIG Architects, Transitlager Dreispitz, Housing and Commercial Development in Basel has been published. www.detail-online.com

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HGS thanks Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik for featuring the 'Museo Maya de América' in 'Public Space? Lost and Found'. Produced by the MIT Program …

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Harry Gugger, Interview, OnArchitecture. Watch the full interview, filmed and edited by Plan Comun for OnArchitecture, here.

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The plans for four apartment blocks housing 52 apartments were submitted on 30th of June. The development in the outer suburbs of Basel stands…

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HGS reveals new designs for the refurbishment and conversion of the Silo Erlenmmatt building in Basel.

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HGS proposal ‘plug and play’ to be completed in 2020 www.tagblatt.ch

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“Vancouver’s office market makes a comeback […]” The Exchange is arguably the best example of collaborative modern and historic architecture in Canada,…

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HGS wins competition for a new office building for medisuisse in Frongartenstrasse, St. Gallen. Placed in a business area close to the historical…

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The Exchange Photo by Herbert Meier

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Harry Gugger Studio publishes competition entry for Studio Basel Bruderholz housing development. Studio Basel Bruderholz

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Construction of the new building 744 for the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has started. Following the gutting and removal of…

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Harry Gugger has visited the construction site of the Exchange building in Vancouver to witness the topping out of his first high rise building…

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The council of Emmenbrücke and the canton Lucerne have granted planning permission for Harry Gugger Studio to design building 744 for the Lucerne …

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laba.epfl.ch/publications Book available at: park-books.com

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The building conservation and landscape preservation commission of the canton Basel-Land has given the green light to the detailed development of the…

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Harry Gugger will be participating in discussion series of the ‘Schweizweit’ Exhibition called ‘Blind Dates’, open to the public on the 16th February 2017 at…

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Harry Gugger Studio is invited to participate in the Urban Study for ‘Swissmetal-Areal’, an extensive industrial area in Dornach, that is to be con…

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LABA EPFL Publications Book available at PARK BOOKS

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The "Konkordatsrat", the board of directors of the six central Swiss universities have given the green light for the development of the new…

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The "Transitlager" in the Dreispitz cultural quarter of Basel is completed. Harry Gugger Studio executed the redevelopment project of a…

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Harry Gugger Studio has been awarded 3rd prize in the competition for a new HPQ Laboratory and Office Building at the ETH Zürich.

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In collaboration with David Chipperfield Architects, Robbrecht en Daem architecten, Vogt Landscape Architects, Arup, Publica, and Alinea Consulting,…

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Harry Gugger Studio, together with Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure and Waldhauser + Hermann Engineers has been entrusted with the reconstruction of an…

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After extensive work below ground, the tower of “The Exchange“ finally begins to rise into the air in Downtown Vancouver. The office complex for Cre…

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May 11st, 2016; Press release BAZ: Parliament Approves Campus in the Center. The proposal by Harry Gugger Studio and Westpol Landschaftsarchitektur…

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Three teams: Harry Gugger Studio, Sauter Von Moss, and Edelaar Moseyabi Inderbitzin Architekten have been invited to develop concrete visions for an…

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Symposium, December 15th, 2015 An event between Laba EPFL and Universita IUAV de Venezia.

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The structure of the Exchange Tower in Vancouver is progressing well into the air. Careful renovation of the existing Old Stock Exchange of the site…

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Architecture Conversation Einsiedeln, Which Competitions?

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Harry Gugger Studio has been awarded 6th prize in the competition for a new Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel.

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Harry Gugger Studio has completed the construction and execution of two buildings just outside of Zurich within the new Limmatfeld Masterplan. Photo…

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Earlier this month, the final core and parapets on the Transitlager project have been poured. Harry Gugger Studio was invited by BIG, Copenhagen and…

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Greetings from the Alps. A postcard image from our recent studio trip.

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We kindly invite you to join us for the launch of Icelandic Lessons the latest publication of laba’s work on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 18:00 Ic…

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The facade mock-up for the Exchange Tower in Vancouver has been completed. Construction work is progressing well on the tower foundations and the…

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Harry Gugger will be giving a talk on the occasion of the Urban Lab+ London Symposium hosted by UCL on 16-17 September 2015. Registration is free and…

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The first of five new cores on the Transitlager project currently under construction in Basel is nearing completion on schedule. Harry Gugger Studio…

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Tuesday, 10.02.2015, 10.00am A Territorial Constitution for Iceland Iceland Academy of the Arts laba’s study trips are a crucial part of the studio, a…

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London, Basel, Boston, Guatemala City Neutral Studio in London has used the Museo Maya de América to develop a new milestone in architecture …

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Open House and Apéro at Steinbühlweg 76 - 80 in Allschwil.

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Invited competition, 11.2013 - 03.2014 University Building and Dentistry Teaching Clinic, Basel.

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The Telegraph Museo Maya de América, developed together with Boston based over, under architects, is featured in the Telegraph as one of…

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With Harry Gugger and Benoît Jacques, Architectural Student at the EPFL Lausanne. Architectural Student Benoît Jacques reinterprets the idea of “…

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Invited Study, 11.2014 - 04.2015 The proposal by Harry Gugger Studio in collaboration with Rotzler Krebs Partner landscape architects was selected by…

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Architecture Conversation Einsiedeln, Urban planning in Switzerland? Event

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Construction site update.

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The “Papieri” in Biberist is to be transformed from its current use as a papermill into a mixed neighborhood with various activities. The owner HIAG Imm…

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The Exchange is featured as part of an article on sustainable & energy efficient construction in the NZZ Special Edition "Immobilien",…

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Harry Gugger Studio together with landscape architects Studio Vulkan have been awarded the 2nd prize in the selected competition to design a new…

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May 9th, 2014 at 18h00 A discussion with architect Harry Gugger and sociologist Verena Tobler. Kulturhaus Helferei, Kirchgasse 13, 8001 Zurich…

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April 26th, 2014 at 9h - 18h30, Ackermannshof ; St. Johanns-Vorstadt 19-21, Basel Harry Gugger will take part in conference and panel discussion.…

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Symposium "Public Space? Lost & Found" Media Lab, MIT, Cambridge MA Coryn Kempster presented the Museo Maya de America at “Public S…

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Honor Award 2013 by the Boston Society of Architects in the category "Unbuilt Architecture and Design". More information

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The last of the 3 buildings of the housing complex has successfully topped-out. The building schedule is on track and completion is planned for…

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6pm, Book Launch - EPFL laba lecture hall. Swiss Lessons presents the findings of laba’s research on the Swiss territory as imagined for 2048 in t…

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The groundbreaking ceremony for Harry Gugger Studio’s first building to be built in North America was held this morning in Vancouver, Canada. ‘The Exc…

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Lecture at the LA Art Show 2014 Harry Gugger will be discussing the development of museum design in his lecture “Art + Architecture: Building Museums f…

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The jury praised the contribution of Harry Gugger Studio and Ganz Landscape Architects for our urban study of a residential development on…

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Construction continues on the residential development in Allschwil. The structure is fully in place and the windows are now installed.

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Laying of the Foundation Stone

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laba’s recent publication ‘Barents Lessons’ was one of 25 winners of the ‘Most Beautiful German Books 2013’. The Book Art Foundation (Stiftung Buchkunst…

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HGS makes an office trip to Brussels and visits the newly finished project of the “Second Gallery Space Xavier Hufkens” and it’s current exhibition “Robe…

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It is 10 years since the inauguration of the Laban Dance Centre, a project developed and realized by Harry Gugger as a partner of Herzog de Meuron.…

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The inaugural show ‘The end of the beans’ by Harold Ancart has opened Xavier Hufkens second gallery space in Brussels. The exhibition runs until May 25t…

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Harry Gugger Studio has won 3rd prize with the project ‘Sidebütel’ in the open competition for a new hotel and park in Heiden, Appenzell, CH.

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Harry Gugger Studio is proud to announce the completion of a new exhibition space for Gallery Xavier Hufkens in Brussels. The first exhibition by…

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laba’s recent publication ‘Barents Lessons’ was one of eighteen winners of the ‘Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2012’. Related link

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We are honoured to have received two Prix Lignum 2024 in recognition for innovative, high-quality and forward-looking use in timber construction.…

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