
Simonett & Baer, 2011

Simonett & Baer, 2011
Parliament Entrance Chur - AuditoriumWeber Plantahof Landquart comprises two booklets documenting two works by Valerio Olgiati: one is his first building designed in Graubünden (Grisons), the new entrance to the Chur Parliament, which received the Bronze Hare Award for “Best Swiss Architecture 2010.” The other is the Weber Auditorium at the Plantahof, an agricultural vocational school in Landquart. Its supporting structure presented challenges for both the architect and civil engineers. The thread-bound booklet, featuring a special coating and gold foil stamping, was published in German, Italian, and Romansh as part of the series from Graubünden’s Department of Architecture.
Since the late 1990s, Olgiati has been regarded as one of Switzerland's most independent and distinguished architects. His works include the School Building Paspels (1998), the Das Gelbe Haus (1999), the Visiting Center Swiss National Park (2008), and his proposal for the competition of the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum Taiwan (2004). The Winsing Art Place’s collection of publications on Olgiati features out-of-print titles, including 14 Student Projects with Valerio Olgiati 1998-2000 and the Valerio Olgiati PLAN 1:100, which was published in only 500 copies.