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Raphael Zuber, dipl. architect ETH/SIA
Bärenloch 12, 7000 Chur, Switzerland
TEL + 41 81 250 58 34, office@raphaelzuber.com
Raphael Zuber studied architecture until 2001 at ETH Zurich. In the same year
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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 office
building in Monte Carasso and the funeral chapel in Steinhausen. 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.

Chur, December 2012
RAPHAEL ZUBER Architect
Selection of biographical data
2009 Guest Professor Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio
2006 Guest Professor Bern University of Applied Sciences
2003 practice in Chur, Switzerland
2001-03 practice in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland with Helena Brobäck
2001 Diploma in Architecture, ETH Zurich
1973 born in Chur, Switzerland
Selected works
2012 Funeral chapel, Steinhausen; competition project, 4th prize
2011 Office building, Monte Carasso; competition project
2010 Theater, Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz; competition project
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Sports hall, Igis; competition project
2009- Residential building, Domat/Ems; ongoing
2009 Weekend house, Verlagi; remodelling project
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2008 Auditorium Plantahof, Landquart; competition project, 3rd prize, with Rudolf
Fontana und Partner AG
2007-11 Schoolhouse and kindergarten Grono, Grono
2004-05 Residential and warehouse, Maienfeld; project
2003 Ethnographic Museum und Ethnological Institute Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel;
competition project, 1st prize, with Helena Brobäck
2001-04 St.Peter Church, Sigurd Lewerentz, Klippan, Sweden; drawings, with Helena
Teaching
Brobäck
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 Assistant
1999-2000 ETH Zurich, Gastdozent Valerio Olgiati, Teaching Assistant
Awards
2012 Swiss Earthquake Award 2012, Foundation for Structural Dynamics and
Exhibitions
Earthquake Engeneering, Zurich; Schoolhouse and Kindergarten Grono
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; 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 Hochparterre Wettbewerbe, Nr.5/2012, Verlag Hochparterre AG, Zurich;
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Abdankungshalle Friedhof Erli, Steinhausen
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Indexnewspaper, No.3, 2012, Target Parallel Lda, Porto; Raphael Zuber @ Chur
Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ, 16.7.2012, NZZ Mediengruppe, Zurich; Architektur
als politische Aufgabe - Raphael Zubers beispielhaftes Schulhaus von Grono
im Misox; text: Laurent Stalder
Abitare, 522 May 2012, RCS Mediagroup, Milano; Scuola e asilo nido Grono,
text: Permanent but not forever, by Kersten Geers
The Architectural Review, May 2012/1383, Emap, London; School play, text:
Steven Spier
Building Design, March 9-2012, UBM Built Environment, London; A textbook
example, text: Samuel Penn
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; Istituto Svizzero di Roma,
Kaleidoscope Press, Milano, ISBN 978-88-97185-01-7
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 Zurich
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
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
tec21, Nr.16-17/2004, Verlags-AG der akademischen technischen Vereine,
Zurich; Ethnologiemuseum Neuenburg
Hochparterre Wettbewerbe, Nr.3/2004, Verlag Hochparterre AG, Zurich;
Institut d`Ethnologie, Neuchâtel
werk, bauen und wohnen, Nr. 6/2004, Verlag Werk AG, Zurich; Zum Geburtstag
eine Erweiterung
Tracé, Nr.08/2004, SEATU Zurich; Extension du Musée d`ethnographie et de
l`institut d`ethnologie de Neuchâtel