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 major building is the schoolhouse in Grono
which was completed in summer 2011. Among his major projects are the ethnographic museum in
Neuchâtel, the living and storage house in Maienfeld and the sportshall in Igis. His articles and works
have been published in several journals including 2G, Quaderns and Werk, Bauen und Wohnen.
He taught as a guest lecturer at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in 2006 and as a guest professor
at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio at the Università della Svizzera italiana in 2009.

2009 Guest professor Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera italiana
2006 Guest professor Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf
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

Selected works
2011 Office building, Monte Carasso; competition project
2010 Theater, Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz; competition project
2010 Sportshall, Igis; competition project
2009 Weekend House Verlagi, remodelling project
2008 Auditorium Plantahof, Landquart; competition project, 3rd prize
2007-11 Schoolhouse and kindergarten Grono
2007-12 Residential building, Domat/Ems
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; 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 Prof. 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
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 The youngest generation of architects in the grisons; Videointerview, Chur Institute of Architecture CIA
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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