News

PROJECT COMPLETION / MOVING IN

15.05.2025 // 18:00
Vernissage at the Löwenbräu-Areal Zurich
Haus Konstruktiv moves into the  «Löwenbräu-Kunst Ost» rooms refurbished by Gigon Guyer (Grundausbau) and will open the doors with the exhibition «Wir sind hier!» 16.05. – 28.09.2025

PRESENTATIONS / TALK

05.05.2025 // 18:00
BLAUER MONTAG «Tessenow aktuell oder zur Suffizienz im Wohnungsbau»
Event within the framework of the exhibition «Heinrich Tessenow. Annäherungen und ikonische Projekte» 24.03. – 10.05.2025
Presentations by Annette Gigon and Tanja Reimer, followed by a talk, moderation Hartmut Göhler and Tibor Joanelly
ZHAW Architektur, Rote Halle, Winterthur

 

PUBLICATION

Hochparterre 4/25
«Je ne regrette rien»
Interview with Annette Gigon by Marcel Bächtiger and Palle Petersen
within the series «Tafelgespräch»
PDF Interview HP 4/2025

 

KEYNOTE / PODIUM
27.03.2025
Fachtagung Nachhaltiges Bauen
Keynote Stefan Thommen and Carlo Magnaguagno
Panel discussion on the topic «Baukultur und zirkuläres Bauen»
Participants Ákos Moravánszky, Barbara Buser, Christina Bronowski and Stefan Thommen
Moderation Claudia Schwalfenberg
Messe und Congress Center Basel

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

The book by Annette Gigon, Mike Guyer and Arend Kölsch will be released in autumn 2025

 

EXHIBITION / GUIDED TOUR

08. + 15.03.2025 // 14:00
«Rendez-vous» on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the depot with exhibition space of the Fondazione Marguerite Arp
Exhibition and a guided tour with Gigon Guyer and Simona Martinoli, museum director
The exhibition and garden are open on both days from 2pm to 4pm
Fondazione Marguerite Arp, Locarno-Solduno

 

PODIUM
01.03.2025 // 14:00
Wiedereröffnung Kunst Museum Winterthur / Reinhart am Stadtgarten
Talk with Annette Gigon, Heike Hanada, Philip Ursprung and Konrad Bitterli
Moderation Karin Landolt
Kunst Museum Winterthur / Reinhart am Stadtgarten

 

TALK

24.02.2025 // 17:00
«Architektur neu denken durch Reuse»
Mike Guyer takes part in the discussion
Event within the framework of the exhibition Carte Blanche XX – «Und das ist die gute Nachricht: Die Schweiz ist gebaut.» 13.12.2024 – 01.03.2025
Werkstadt Zürich Gebäude X is part of the exhibition.
Architekturforum Zürich
Flyer

 

PRESENTATIONS/ DISCUSSION
24.01.2025 // 18:00
«Die Zukunft des Schweizer Architekturwettbewerbs – Teil 1: Vorträge und Diskussion»
Presentations by Mike Guyer, Christine Binswanger and Kristiaan Borret
Discussion with Ursula Hürzeler, Claudio Meletta, Anne Marie Wagner and Annette Helle
Moderation Regula Lüscher
S AM in cooperation with SIA and BSA Basel
S AM / Kunsthalle Basel

 

PRESENTATIONS / TALK
18.01.2025 // 19:00
«Nachhaltige Architektur im 21. Jahrhundert»
Presentations by Annette Gigon, Louisa Hutton and Regine Keller, followed by a talk
Moderation Katharina Matzig
The event is part of the exhibition «draw love build / sauerbruch hutton tracing modernities», 25.10.2024 – 19.01.2025
Akademie der Künste, Berlin

 

EXHIBITION
«MONOS – Artist Museums: Shrines and Reflections»
03.11.2024–09.02.2025
Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie (BE)
The exhibition examines the architecture of the monographic musem. One of the examples is the Kirchner Museum Davos

 

NEW OFFICE NAME
«Gigon Guyer Partner Architekten AG»
A broader base for the future!
In November 2024, the long-time members of the management team Christian Maggioni and Stefan Thommen became office partners of Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer.

 

TALK

28.11.2024 // 19:00
«Frauen bauen – Türme»
Talk with Annette Gigon, Anne Hultzsch, Anna Schindler, Anna-Maria Meister and Kathrin Gügler
Moderation Anna-Maria Meister and Gina Rauschtenberger
Organization «Verein Katharinen–Turm»
ZAZ Bellrive – Zentrum Architektur Zürich
(Flyer)

 

VISIT

28.09.2024
Open House Zürich
Gigon/Guyer offer guided tours in these buildings
Refurbishment of the Herdern High-rise Building, Zurich

Löwenbräukunst, Löwenbräu-Areal Zurich

Extension of the Kunst Museum Winterthur / Beim Stadthaus, Winterthur

 

COMPETITION, 1st PRIZE

10.06.2024
Gesamtleistungswettbewerb
Gesamtleistungswettbewerb Building X
The project by Gigon/Guyer und Leuthard Baumanagement wins 1st prize!

 

AWARD

04.06.2024
The Extension of the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop
received the Architekturpreis NRW 2024 BDA Nordrhein-Westfalen 

 

LECTURE

14.03.2024 / 18:00
«High or low – Das Haus – Höhle oder Maschine?»
Within the framework of the lecture serie «arc afterwork» Mike Guyer will talk about the relationship between architectural concepts and building technology
New Social Insurance Centre WAS, Kriens
Halle 7, Basel

 

«STOFFE» FAREWELL LECTURE

13.12.2023 / 17:15
«STOFFE» Farewell lecture of Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer
2012–2023 Professors of Architecture and Construction, D-ARCH, ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich, Rämistrasse 101,  Audi Max (HG F30)

 

AWARD

21.11.2023
Architekturpreis 2023 des BDA Vest Recklinghausen Gelsenkirchen
The Extension of the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop has been awarded!

 

AWARD

26.10.2023
arc award 2023
The Extension of the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop is the winning project in its category!

 

VISIT

30.08.2023 / 17:00–20:00
The refurbishment of Herdern High-rise Building has been completed – numerous visitors came to see it!

 

VISIT

17.06.2023 / 13:00–17:00
The newly completed Multi-purpose Building «House of Energy» – Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne opened its doors to Gigon/Guyer visitors.

 

LECTURE

15.06.2023 / 19:00
«Treffpunkt Farbe – mit Mike Guyer und Adrian Schiess»
Mike Guyer and the artist Adrian Schiess talk about the intermeshing of art/painting and architecture
Architekturforum Zürich

 

TALK

08.06.2023 // 18:30
«Swiss Talks #1 – Architects and Art Curators. Possible Dialogues»
with Annette Gigon and Katharina Beisiegel, moderated by Evelyn Steiner
«Swiss Talks» is a series of talks by Istituto Svizzero and Casabella Formazione
CasabellaLaboratorio, Theatro, Milan

 

COMPETITION / EXHIBITION

Competition «Extention Canton School Reussbühl, Lucerne»
Gigon/Guyer 1st prize

02.–04.05.2023 // 16:30-19:00 pm
Exhibition of the competiton projects
Altes Zeughaus, Lucerne

 

EXHIBITION

19.01.2023–17.02.2023
Exhibition of the feasibility studies «Eingang TCZ – Zephyr West» and «Creatowers»
ZUGORAMA, Zug
Gigon/Guyer 1st prize, 2022 «Bürohochhaus CreaTower I mit städtebaulichem Konzept CreaTower II, Zug»

 

EXHIBITION

27.11.2022–01.01.2023
Solo exhibition
«Gigon/Guyer. Kirchner Museum revisited»
Kirchner Museum Davos

 

EXHIBITION CATALOG

Catalog accompanying the exhibition «Gigon/Guyer. Kirchner Museum revisited»

 

OPENING & EXHIBITION

19.10.2022
Opening extension «Josef-Albers-Galerie»
Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Germany
The newly completed extension by Gigon/Guyer and pbr will open its doors to the public with the exhibition «Josef Albers. Huldigung an das Quadrat»

 

EXHIBITION

28.09.–15.11.2022
«Sprengkraft Raum: Architektur um 1970»
ZHAW Departement Architektur, Gestaltung und Bauingenieurwesen, Winterthur

 

EXHIBITION

05.10.2022–15.01.2023
«DOMESTIC DAWNS: Collective Housing Issues in 21st Century Europe»
Museo ICO, Madrid
Part of the exhibition is the Housing Development Brunnenhof

 

EXHIBITION

09.06.2022–30.10.2022
«Touch Wood»
ZAZ Bellerive, Zentrum Architektur Zürich
The structure model Olma Neuland Hall 1, St. Gallen and two wooden models of Rocket und Tigerli, Lokstadt, Winterthur are shown in the exhibition.

 

EXHIBITION

21.09.2021–31.01.2022
Embodied Energy and Carbon Footprint
«per m² Building Material»
The exhibition was conceived as part of the autumn semester 2021 Gigon/Guyer at ETHZ
«What Counts – MATERIALS-METABOLISM II»

 

LECTURE
09.06.2022 / 19:00
«Modellierungen der Erdkruste oder 420 ppm»
within the framework of the lecture serie «here + there»
Hochschule München Fakultät für Architektur, Karlstrasse 6, Munich
Annette Gigon

 

COMPETITION

May 2022
1st Prize
CreaTower I office high-rise with CreaTower II urban planning concept, Zug

 

10.03.2022
The grill/bar “1Komma7” in the Rosau Office Building is reviewed in the NZZmagazine.
Mondays to Fridays, 11:00–24:00 to visit and test yourself.
Claridenstrasse 14, 8002 Zurich

Rosau Office Building

 

EXHIBITION & PUBLICATION

«Archetypes» series by David K. Ross
08.03.–28.05.2022
SPAZIO, Milano
/
28.08.–31.10.2021
«Mock-up»
S AM Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel
/
29.05.–26.09.2021
BALTSprojects, Zurich, Switzerland
/
29.07.–20.08.2021
Architekturgalerie München
Publication by Standpunkte, Basel at Park Books, 2021
with the Mock-up Andreasturm

 

21.02.2022
Today, work starts on the refurbishment of the Herdern high-rise building in Zurich West!
In late summer 2023 the Migros employees will move back into their new old premises.

Refurbishment of the Herdern High-rise Building

 

LECTURE
27.01.2022 / 18:30
«Modeling of the Earth’s Crust»
The Berlage, Orange Room,
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft
Annette Gigon

 

LECTURE
16.12.2021 / 18:15
«Berührungspunkte» podcast (in German)
University of Zurich, KO2, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4
Lecture series «Architecture and Language»
Annette Gigon

 

EXHIBITION

21.09.2021– Semester end HS21
Embodied Energy and Carbon Footprint
«per m² Building Material»
ETH Material Hub, Architecture and Civil Engineering Library, ETH Hönggerberg Zurich
As part of the autumn semester 2021 Gigon/Guyer
«What Counts – MATERIALS-METABOLISM II»
The exhibition will be completed successively in collaboration with our students.

 

TALK
20.11.2021 / 12:00
«Klima bauen»
Never Stop Reading
talk with Annette Gigon and Axel Simon
on the eponymous publication at Edition Hochparterre ed. Andres Herzog
within the framework of the Architekturbuch-Festival

 

PROJEKT
November 2021
Hangenmoos the first tenants have moved in!
the next ones will follow in December.

 

LECTURE
30.10.2021 / 14:30
«Sichtweisen»
Kirchner Museum Davos
within the framework of the general meeting of the Bündner Heimatschutz:
«Preserve? Rebuild? Demolish? Dealing with young architectural monuments»
Annette Gigon

 

LECTURE

12.10.2021 / 18:00
Success of Failure / Failure of Success
IEA Lecture Series HS2021
ETH Hönggerberg, HIL E4
Mike Guyer

 

EXHIBITION

16.07.–17.09.2021
«Gemeinsam wohnen! / Living Together!»
within the framework of IBA’27, StadtRegion Stuttgart
Former factory premises EnBW am Stöckach, Stuttgart, Germany
Housing Development Brunnenhof

 

LECTURE
28.06.2021 / 18:00
Panel Discussion: Maag-Areal
Härterei, Zurich, Switzerland
with Mike Guyer, Urs Baumann, Katrin Gügler, Axel Simon
Moderation: Judit Solt

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