Valerio Olgiati

Valerio Olgiati (born July 18, 1958 in Chur) is an internationally active Swiss architect.

Biography

Valerio Olgiati 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. As a guest professor he taught at ETH Zürich, at Architectural Association School of Architecture London and at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. 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, USA.

Gallery

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  School, Paspels

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  thumb|School Paspels, Arkitekturfotograf Rasmus Norlander

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  The Yellow House, Flims

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  Atelier Bardill, Scharans

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  Visiting Center Swiss National Park, Zernez

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  Office of Valerio Olgiati, Flims

Principal works

• 1991 Master Plan Cuncas, Sils i.E.
• 1991 House Kucher, Rottenburg a. N., Germany
• 1994 Master Plan for the Reconstruction of the Souk in Beirut, Lebanon
• 1995 Korean American Museum of Art and Colture (KOMA), Los Angeles, USA
• 1998 Lake Cauma Project, Flims
• 1998 School Building Paspels, Paspels
• 1999 Residence Sari d'Orcino, Korsika, France
• 1999 Museum The Yellow House, Flims
• 2002 Visiting Center Swiss National Park, Zernez
• 2003 Projection Room Gornergrat, Zermatt
• 2003 Lucerne University, Luzern
• 2004 National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2004 Learning Center EPFL, Lausanne
• 2005 Residential Building Ardia Palace, Tirana, Albania
• 2005 House K+N, Wollerau
• 2006 Office of Valerio Olgiati, Flims
• 2007 Residential Building, Zug
• 2007 Atelier Bardill, Scharans
• 2007 Cantina Carnasciale, Mercatale Valdarno, Tuscany, Italy
• 2008 PermMUseumXXI, Perm, Russia
• 2008 Winery Schlossgut Hohenbeilstein, Germany

Awards and distinctions

• 1993 Award of the German Architectural Prize for the House Kucher, Rottenburg a/N, Germany
• 1994 Eidgenössisches Kunststipendium, Switzerland
• 1995 Eidgenössischer Preis für freie Kunst (with Frank Escher), Switzerland
• 1995 Award for the House Kucher, Rottenburg a/N, Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• 1998 Award "Bester Bau 1998 in der Schweiz", Bronze Rabbit, Schweizer Fernsehen "10 vor 10", for the School in Paspels, Switzerland
• 1999 Award "Bester Bau 1999 in der Schweiz", Golden Rabbit, Schweizer Fernsehen "10 vor 10", for The Yellow House in Flims, Switzerland
• 1999 International Architectural Prize "Neues Bauen in den Alpen", Sexten-Kultur, Award for the School in Paspels, Italy
• 2001 Award "Gute Bauten Kanton Graubünden" for School in Paspels and The Yellow House in Flims, Switzerland
• 2001 Architectural Concrete Prize for the School in Paspels, Switzerland
• 2006 International Architectural Prize "Neues Bauen in den Alpen", Sexten-Kultur, Award for The Yellow House in Flims, Italy
• 2007 Award "Bester Bau 2007 in der Schweiz", Bronze Rabbit, Schweizer Fernsehen 10vor10, for the Atelier Bardill in Scharans, Switzerland
• 2008 Award "Bester Bau 2008 in der Schweiz", Golden Rabbit, Schweizer Fernsehen 10vor10, for the Visiting Center Swiss National Park in Zernez, Switzerland
• 2009 Honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, London
• 2009 Architectural Concrete Prize for the House K+N, the Visiting Center Swiss National Park, the Atelier Bardill, Switzerland
• 2010 Award "Bester Bau 2010 in der Schweiz", Bronze Rabbit, Hochparterre, for the Parliament Entrance in Chur, Switzerland

Single exhibitions

• 1998 Galleria Aam, Milano, Italy, "1 progetto", introductory lecture by Kenneth Frampton
• 1999 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland, "Das Gelbe Haus, Flims"
• 2002 Galerie Museum, Bolzano, Italy, "Valerio Olgiati - idee"
• 2008 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland, "Valerio Olgiati"
• 2008 Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland, "Valerio Olgiati"
• 2009 Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK, "Valerio Olgiati"
• 2009 The Yellow House Flims, Switzerland, "Dado, Built and Inhabited by Rudolf Olgiati and Valerio Olgiati"
• 2010 OPO’LAB, Porto, Portugal, "Valerio Olgiati"
• 2011-2012 MOMAT, Tokyo, Japan, "VALERIO OLGIATI / ヴァレリオ・オルジャティ展"

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, MOMAT, The 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 edotorial 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

References

• Manifesto #21, Valerio Olgiati, Architect, Icon Magazine Online
• Vudakin, Ana, House for a Musician, Icon Magazine Online
• Valerio Olgiati: The garden of Crathes castle, Aberdeenshire, 12 September 2008, Building Design Online
• Wainwright, Oliver (June 2009), Icon 072, Valerio Olgiati, Icon Magazine
• Kohn, David (24 July 2009), Olgiati's myth and imagination, Building Design Online
• Woolf, Jonathan (18 November 2005), , Man and Monolith. Building Design Online

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valerio Olgiati.

• Valerio Olgiati - Official website
• Valerio Olgiati at the archINFORM database.
• Daniel A. Walser: Idea expressed by structural invention in: World Architecture. Valerio Olgiati, No. 8, Beijing August 2012, ISSN 1002-4832