From late 2003 to early 2008, Tomaso Zanoni headed the Department for Urban Planning of the city of Zug as its municipal architect, contributing decisively to the fast-paced growth of the city with impressive architecture. In this capacity, he was responsible for studies and competition procedures as well as project development with private owners, representation of the awarding authority for municipal buildings, management of project planning and execution, collaboration with the Cityscape Committee, coordination of municipal and cantonal construction projects and the design of public space. Tomaso Zanoni has remained in the city’s employ, as well as that of the canton Zug, as an independent consultant. He has been a member of Bülach’s (canton Zurich) development team since 2005 and President of its Committee for Urban Design since 2008. Since 2007, he has furthermore been co-responsible for setting up an urban planning and architectural consultancy for Appenzell (AI). After studying architecture and town planning at the ETH Zurich, he worked for Theo Hotz in Zurich and in 1982, he founded his own architecture, town planning and consultancy office. Tomaso Zanoni has lectured at universities in Switzerland and in the US and is regularly invited to sit as an expert on selection committees and monitoring bodies for competitions and project developments. He has published books and numerous articles on architectural and urban development issues in specialist magazine in Switzerland and abroad. >>> more