Christian Kerez

Christian Kerez was born in 1962 in Maracaibo, Venezuela and obtained his degree in architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. After extensive published work in the field of architectural photography, he opened his own architectural office in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1993. He has been appointed as a visiting professor in design and architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich since 2001, as assistant professor since 2003 and as full professor for design and architecture since 2009. In 2012-13 he led the Kenzo Tange Chair at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. He is currently working on different programs in various scales in France, the Czech Republic, Brazil and China.

Texts

• Conversation between Christian Kerez and Smiljan Radić
• Going to the End in Order to Start All Over Again. A Conversation with Christian Kerez
  Stephan Trüby

Works and projects

• Okamura House
• Office Building Lyon Confluence
• Incidental Space
• EWZ Areal
• Beyeler Foundation Extension
• China Academy of Arts
• High-Rise Building at Bahnhof Zoo
• Project 142 BHV
• High-Rise Eurorennes
• High-Rise in Nantes
• House with a Large Roof
• Textile Museum St. Gallen
• Apartment House in Kreuzberg
• Hustler House
• Footbridge at the Estuary of the Qinhuai River
• Bahrain Car Parks for the Pearl Path
• Shanqin Bay Extreme Sports Station