MIKE GUYER, GIGON/GUYER ARCHITECTS
When it comes to contemporary architecture, architects Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer are amongst the first names to come to mind in Switzerland and beyond. Gigon/Guyer Architekten has rapidly become a trademark. Since their Kirchner museum in Davos (1992), they are regarded as major protagonists in the field of contemporary museum buildings. The extension of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur (1995) and the Reinhart Collection (1998), also located in Winterthur, the Liner Museum in Appenzell (1998) and the Museum Varusschlacht in Lower Saxony’s Kalkriese (2002) are proof of their ongoing engagement with this particular building task. Further projects are a new space, "L’Espace de l’Art", near the French Riviera, for the collection of concrete art brought together by Gottfried Honegger and Sybil Albers (2003), a warehouse for a gallery in Wichtrach near Berne (2003), the train station complex in Baar (opening in 2008), the "Verkehrshaus der Schweiz" building in Lucerne (opening in 2009), an arts centre with housing and office space in the Löwenbräuareal in Zurich (opening in 2010) and what is to date Zurich’s highest high-rise building – the Prime Tower. As yet only at the stage of design, superlatives such as "exceptional" and "outstanding" are being heaped upon the 126-metre high Prime Tower in Zurich. Its opening in 2011 is eagerly awaited. Mike Guyer studied architecture with Dolf Schnebli at the ETH Zurich. After graduation, he worked for the architectural practice OMA/Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam (1984–1987) and in 1987, he founded his own architectural practice. Together with Annette Gigon, Mike Guyer has been leading the architectural office Gigon/Guyer with great success since 1989. >>> more
More information on the Prime Tower is available in the biography of Peter Lehmann, Swiss Prime Site. >>>
Gigon/Guyer ArchitectsPrime Tower, Zurich
Kirchner Museum, Davos
L’Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux (FR)
Valid as of: 27.5.2007
