Valerio Olgiati

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

Life

Valerio Olgiati was born in 1958 as son of the Grisons architect Rudolf Olgiati and studied from 1980 to 1986 architecture at the ETH Zurich. From 1993 to 1995, he led, together with Frank Escher an architectural firm in Los Angeles in 1996 and opened an office in Zurich, who moved to Flims 2008. 1998-2000 he was a visiting lecturer at the ETH Zurich and 2002 at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, and in 2005 a visiting professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Since 2002, Valerio Olgiati full professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana in Mendrisio. In the fall of 2009, he leads the Kenzo Tange Chair at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

Gallery

The Yellow House, Flims

Atelier Bardill, Scharans

National Park House, Swiss National Park, Zernez

Valerio Olgiati office, Flims

Works and projects (selection)

Awards and prizes

Solo Exhibitions

Literature ( Monographs )

  • A lecture by Valerio Olgiati, Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Switzerland 2011; German: ISBN 978-3-0346-0782-7; English: ISBN 978-3-0346-0783-4; 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.
  • VALERIO OLGIATI AT THE MUSEUM /ヴァレリオ·オルジャティ 展, Editor Kenjiro Hosaka, MOMAT, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan 2011-2012; English Japanese u: ISBN 978-4-9902409-3-6.
  • El Croquis # 156 VALERIO OLGIATI 1996-2011, croquis edotorial Madrid, Spain 2011; ISSN 0212-5633, ISBN 978-84-88386-65-6.
  • Valerio Olgiati, access Grand Council Chur, publisher Building Department Grisons, Switzerland 2011; German: ISBN 978-3-9523831-0-0; English: ISBN 978-3-9523831-3-1; Italian: ISBN 978-3-9523831-1-7; Romance: ISBN 978-3-9523831-2-4.
  • Valerio Olgiati, Weber Lecture Hall Plantahof, publisher Building Department Grisons, Switzerland 2011; German: ISBN 978-3-9523831-4-8; English: ISBN 978-3-9523831-5-5.
  • Darco Magazine, Valerio Olgiati monograph, Darco Editions, Matosinhos, Portugal; ISSN 1646 - 950X.
  • Dado, Built and Inhabited by Rudolf Olgiati and Valerio Olgiati, Selina Walder (ed.), Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, 2010; German: ISBN 978-3-0346-0375-1, English: ISBN 978-3-0346-0430-7.
  • VALERIO OLGIATI, Edited by Laurent Stalder. Texts by Mario Carpo, Bruno Reichlin and Laurent Stalder; Publisher of Walther König, Cologne 2008 ( First Edition ); Quart Verlag, Luzern, 2010 (Second Edition); German ISBN 978-3-03761-030-5, English: ISBN 978-3-03761-031-2.
  • 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.
  • Valerio Olgiati: Atelier Bardill / House for a Musician. Edition Dino Simonett, 2007, ISBN 978-3-905562-54-5.
  • Valerio Olgiati: Conversation with Students. Edited by Markus Breitschmid, Virginia Tech Architecture Publications, USA, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9794296-3-7.
  • 2G, Valerio Olgiati, Gustavo Gili Barcelona, ​​n.37, 2006, ISBN 978-84-252-2088-3.
  • Valerio Olgiati, PLAN 1:100, Edition Dino Simonett, 2004, ISBN 3-905562-13-8.
  • Valerio Olgiati: The Yellow House, Kunsthaus Bregenz. archive art architecture, Werkdokumente 19, 2000, Verlag Gerd Hatje, ISBN 3-7757-1004-3.
  • 14 student projects at Valerio Olgiati 1998-2000, Quart Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-907631-04-8.
  • VALERIO OLGIATI, The Yellow House, publication accompanying the exhibition at the ETH Zurich, 28 May to 15 July 1999 gta Verlag, ETH Zurich, ISBN 3-85676-091-1.
  • Valerio Olgiati, paspels, Edition Dino Simonett, 1998, ISBN 3-9521375-5-3.
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