RAPHAEL ZUBER Architect
Grabenstrasse 43, 7000 Chur, Switzerland
+41 81 250 58 34, office@raphaelzuber.com

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Raphael Zuber studied architecture until 2001 at ETH Zurich. In the same year he opened a practice in
Riva San Vitale, in 2003 his own practice in Chur. His first building is the schoolhouse Grono, which was
completed in summer 2011. Among his major projects are the ethnographic museum Neuchâtel, the
living and storage house in Maienfeld and the office building in Monte Carasso. His articles and works have
been published in several journals including Abitare, archithese and The Architectural Review. Raphael Zuber
has taught at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, the Bern University of Applied Sciences,
the Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and at the ETH Zurich.

2009 Guest Professor Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio
2006 Guest Professor Bern University of Applied Sciences
2003 own architecture office in Chur
2001-03 own architecture office in Riva San Vitale, with Helena Brobäck
2001 Diploma in Architecture, ETH Zurich
1973 born in Chur, Switzerland

Selected works
2012 Funeral chapel, Steinhausen; competition project
2011 Office building, Monte Carasso; competition project
2010 Theater, Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz; competition project
2010 Sports hall, Igis; competition project
2009 Weekend House, Verlagi, remodelling project
2008 Auditorium Plantahof, Landquart; competition project, 3rd prize
2007-11 Schoolhouse and kindergarten Grono
2007- Residential building, Domat/Ems; ongoing
2004-05 Living and storage house, Maienfeld; project
2003 Ethnographic Museum und ethnological Institute Neuchâtel; competition project, 1st prize
2001-04 St.Peter Church, Sigurd Lewerentz, Klippan, Sweden; drawings, with Helena Brobäck

Teaching
2009 Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera italiana; Guest Professor
2006 Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf; Guest Professor
2005 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Visiting Professor Valerio Olgiati; Teaching Associate
2001-04 Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera italiana, Professor Valerio Olgiati; Teaching Associate
1999-2000 ETH Zurich, Gastdozent Valerio Olgiati; Teaching Assistant

Exhibitions
2011 swissnex San Francisco; Teaching Architecture: 3 positions Made in Switzerland, 9.9.-30.9.2011
2010 Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Sede di Venezia; 19 Important buildings. A personal choice; part of the exhibition series: Teaching Architecture. 3 positions Made in Switzerland, 7.10-30.10.2010
2008 Architekturforum Zürich; Was wird sein? – Gedanken zur Architektur der Zukunft, group exhibition, 5.6.-19.7.2008

Selected publications
2012 Abitare, 522 May 2012, RCS Mediagroup, Milano; Scuola e asilo nido Grono, text: Permanent but not forever, by Kersten Geers
2012 The Architectural Review, May 2012/1383, Emap, London; School play, text: Steven Spier
2012 Building Design, March 9-2012, UBM Built Environment, London; A textbook example, text: Samuel Penn
2012 archithese, 1/2012, Verlag Niggli AG, Sulgen/Zurich; La scuola rotonda, text: Eberhard Tröger
2011 Important Buildings - A personal choice made by students with Raphael Zuber, book; Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, ISBN 978-3-033-02464-9
2010 Important Buildings, exhibition catalogue with student works; Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Kaleidoscope Press, Milano, ISBN 978-88-97185-01-7
2010 Hochparterre Wettbewerbe, Nr.4/2010, Verlag Hochparterre AG, Zurich; Theatereinbau Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz
2009 Hochparterre Wettbewerbe, Nr.1/2009, Verlag Hochparterre AG, Zurich; Hörsaal auf dem Plantahof in Landquart
2008 Was wird sein? – Gedanken zur Architektur der Zukunft; exhibition catalogue, Architekturforum Zürich
2008 archi, Nr.2/2008, Edizione Casagrande SA, Bellinzona; Un cubo dal fronte inusuale
2007 Hochparterre Wettbewerbe, Nr.3/2007, Verlag Hochparterre AG, Zurich; Nuova Scuola elementare e Scuola dell`infanzia, Grono (GR)
2006 2G, Nr.37, Editorial Gustavo Gili SA, Barcelona; Representar un arquitectura/Depicting an architecture, Essay
2006 Meine Welt - Projekte und Zitate; Berner Fachhoschule, Architektur Bau und Holz, Burgdorf
2005 werk, bauen und wohnen, Nr. 9/2005, Verlag Werk AG, Zurich; Vielschichtig, bedeutend, sinnlich, text: Christoph Wieser, drawings: Helena Brobäck and Raphael Zuber
2004 Quaderns, Nr.242, Editorial Gustavo Gili SA, Barcelona; Cover drawing
2004 tec21, Nr.16-17/2004, Verlags-AG der akademischen technischen Vereine, Zurich; Ethnologiemuseum Neuenburg
2004 Hochparterre Wettbewerbe, Nr.3/2004, Verlag Hochparterre AG, Zürich; Institut d`Ethnologie, Neuchâtel
2004 werk, bauen und wohnen, Nr. 6/2004, Verlag Werk AG, Zurich; Zum Geburtstag eine Erweiterung
2004 Tracé, Nr.08/2004, SEATU Zurich; Extension du Musée d`ethnographie et de l`institut d`ethnologie de Neuchâtel

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