Valerio Olgiati
Valerio Olgiati (born 18 July 1958 in Chur) is an internationally active Swiss architect.
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Biography[]
Valerio Olgiati is the son of the Swiss architect Rudolf Olgiati and studied architecture until 1986 at ETH Zürich. Having lived and worked first in Zurich and later in Los Angeles for some years with Frank Escher, in 1996 he opened his own practice in Zurich and in 2008 in Flims. 1994 he got the "Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium". As a guest professor he taught at ETH Zürich, at Architectural Association School of Architecture London and at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Olgiati exhibited 1998 in the Galleria Aam in Milan, 1999 at the ETH Zürich, 2009 at the Università della Svizzera italiana, 2009 at the Royal Institute of British Architects and 2012 in the national museum of modern art Tokio. Since 2002 he has been a full professor at the Accademia di architettura Mendrisio at the Università della Svizzera italiana. From fall 2009 he holds the Kenzo Tange Chair at Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.
Principal works[]
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- 1991 House Kucher, Rottenburg a. N., Germany
- 1998 School Building Paspels, Paspels
- 1999 Museum The Yellow House, Flims
- 2002 Visiting Center Swiss National Park, Zernez
- 2005 Residential Building Ardia Palace, Tirana, Albania
- 2005 House K+N, Wollerau
- 2006 Office Olgiati, Flims
- 2007 Atelier Bardill, Scharans
- 2011 Residential Building, Zug with
- 2014 Villa Além, Alentejo with
Awards[]
- Hase: 1998 Gold for Yellow House Flims, 2008 Gold for Nationalparkhouse Zernez
- Neues Bauen in den Alpen: 2006 for Yellow House Flims
- Auszeichnungen für gute Bauten Graubünden: 2001 for schoolhouse Paspels and Yellow House Flims
- : 2001 for schoolhouse Paspels, 2010 for Atelier Bardill Scharans; House K+N Wollerau; Nationalparkhouse Zernez
Literature (Monographs)[]
- A Lecture by Valerio Olgiati, Birkhäuser Verlag Basel, Switzerland 2011; English: ISBN 978-3-0346-0783-4; German: ISBN 978-3-0346-0782-7; Spanish: ISBN 978-3-0346-0787-2; French: ISBN 978-3-0346-0784-1; Italian: ISBN 978-3-0346-0785-8; Japanese: ISBN 978-3-0346-0786-5, 108 pages
- Valerio Olgiati at the Museum / ヴァレリオ・オルジャティ展, Editor Hosaka Kenjiro, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan 2011-2012; Japanese and English: ISBN 978-4-9902409-3-6, 40 pages
- El Croquis #156, Valerio Olgiati 1996–2011, croquis editorial Madrid, Spain 2011; ISSN 0212-5633, ISBN 978-84-88386-65-6, 215 pages
- Valerio Olgiati, Parliament Entrance Chur, editor Grisons Building Department, Switzerland 2011; German: ISBN 978-3-9523831-0-0; English: ISBN 978-3-9523831-3-1; Italian: ISBN 978-3-9523831-1-7; Romansh: ISBN 978-3-9523831-2-4, 24 pages
- Valerio Olgiati, Weber Auditorium Plantahof, editor Grisons Building Department, Switzerland 2011; German: ISBN 978-3-9523831-4-8; English: ISBN 978-3-9523831-5-5, 24 pages
- Darco Magazine, monograph Valerio Olgiati, Darco Editions, Matosinhos, Portugal, 2010; ISSN 1646-950X, 236 pages
- Dado, Built and Inhabited by Rudolf Olgiati and Valerio Olgiati, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 2010; English: ISBN 978-3-0346-0430-7, German: ISBN 978-3-0346-0375-1, 100 pages
- Valerio Olgiati, edited by Laurent Stalder, Texts by Mario Carpo, Bruno Reichlin and Laurent Stalder, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln 2008 (1st Edition) / Quart Verlag, Luzern 2010 (2nd edition); German: ISBN 978-3-03761-031-2, English: ISBN 978-3-03761-030-5, 192 pages
- The Significance of the Idea in the Architecture of Valerio Olgiati, Text in German and English by Markus Breitschmid, Verlag Niggli AG, Switzerland 2008, ISBN 978-3-7212-0676-0, 80 pages
- Valerio Olgiati, Scharans - House for a Musician, Edition Dino Simonett, Zurich 2007, ISBN 9783905562545, 64 pages
- Valerio Olgiati, Conversation with Students, Edited by Markus Breitschmid, Virginia Tech Architecture Publications, USA, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9794296-3-7, 63 pages
- 2G, Valerio Olgiati, Gustavo Gili Barcelona, n.37, 2006, ISBN 978-84-252-2088-3, 143 pages
- Valerio Olgiati, PLAN 1:100, Edition Dino Simonett, 2004, ISBN 3-905562-13-8, 64 pages
- Valerio Olgiati, Das Gelbe Haus, Kunsthaus Bregenz, archiv kunst architektur, Werkdokumente 19, 2000, Verlag Gerd Hatje, ISBN 3-7757-1004-3, 82 pages
- 14 Studentenprojekte bei Valerio Olgiati 1998 - 2000, Quart Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-907631-04-8, 66 pages
- VALERIO OLGIATI, Das Gelbe Haus, Publikation zur Ausstellung an der ETH Zürich 28. Mai - 15. Juli 1999, gta Verlag, ETH Zürich, ISBN 3-85676-091-1, 18 pages
- Valerio Olgiati, PASPELS, Edition Dino Simonett, 1998, ISBN 3-9521375-5-3, 65 pages
External links[]
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- Daniel A. Walser: Idea expressed by structural invention in: World Architecture. Valerio Olgiati, No. 8, Beijing August 2012, ISSN 1002-4832
- Living people
- 1958 births
- Swiss architects
- University of Lugano faculty
- People from Chur