Journal

1st prize in Ennetbürgen

…The submitted design is an architecturally high-quality project that resolves the complex brief coherently and with urban-design precision. (…) The school and village centre are brought together precisely through the proposed open spaces, forming a unified setting for intensive future-oriented public use. This settlement-defining starting point is consistently carried through in both the landscape and architectural design. –Jury report

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Double Award Winners:

Our projects, the Kreuzlingen Retirement Center and the Swiss Embassy Singapore, have been honored with the BIG SEE Award. We are delighted by this international recognition, which honors the quality of our work.

The Primary School in Düdingen takes the 4th prize

4th place goes to the Düdingen primary school extension: a compact and sustainable wood-build design connecting school life, outdoor space, and community.

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5th prize in Baden

«The project demonstrates outstanding cost-effectiveness thanks to its compact volumetry, sustainably efficient layout, and structural simplicity in both the new building and the existing structures. The decision to forgo a basement in the new building is also to be regarded as particularly resource-saving and exemplary.» — Jury Report, City of Baden, 2025
 
School building Kappelerhof Baden

Third prize District complex in Uster

«The project is particularly convincing due to the sectional figure in the courtyard area between the old and new buildings. The transformation of the covered circulation area into a lively place with a high quality of stay is presented in a credible way.» – Jury report

District complex Uster

Trip to Toggenburg

Office trip to Toggenburg with a guided tour of the Resonanz Center, the Klanghaus, and the top station of Chäserugg.

The New Dorfmatt Center in Rotkreuz takes 2nd place

As a compact building, the 'open heart' of the Rotkreuz municipality is positioned close to the post office building to the south. This arrangement frees up the western Dorfmatt square as a shared public space while also creating the new 'Bahnhofplatz' as a generous connection to the cantonal school and the sports park. — Jury report, Municipality of Risch, 2025

Neues Zentrum Dorfmatt

Start of the construction work

The first stone has been laid for the Sonnenberg swimming pool in Engelberg. From now on, the new swimming pool will become more visible week by week. As part of the current work, a shaft with wastewater heat recovery will be installed. This system extracts heat from wastewater (e.g., from showers) and feeds it into the building's circulation system, which can cover around half of the pool's future heat demand.

Swimming pool Sonnenberg

WHO Headquarters Geneva

Reopening of Jean Tschumi’s main building after renovation

A further stage in the completion of the WHO and United Nations campus in Geneva has been completed. The iconic building designed by Jean Tschumi in the 1960s and renovated by Itten+Brechbühl was supplemented by a new building by Berrel Berrel Kräutler in 2022. Further information on the project in the WHO video: → Global Home for Health

WHO Headquarters Geneva

1st place School area Sunnegrund, Steinhausen

The Oasis project for the further development of the Sunnegrund school site in Steinhausen wins the open competition.

Two cleverly positioned buildings offer flexible learning, sports and leisure facilities. The compact design allows for large-scale green structures and diverse recreational zones that harmoniously interweave the Sunnegrund school site with the surrounding nature. The different uses are distributed across two buildings: The western building houses the triple gymnasium, the supplementary childcare facilities and classrooms. The indoor swimming pool is located in the northern pavilion.

2nd place for the new building Eissporthalle Islas St. Moritz

The ice rink follows the architectural idea of a solid base with an attached, transparent, luminous crown. This not only creates an exciting concept for the interior and exterior of the building, but also provides a suitable response to the completely different boundary conditions for the various uses and users.

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Minergie-A label for Swiss Embassy Singapore

The Minergie Association has presented the Swiss Embassy in Singapore with the Minergie-A certificate.

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It is a great honor for us to be counted among the best. We are delighted with the recognition and look forward to the forthcoming publication.

Swiss Embassy Singapore

Swimming pool Engelberg: project approved

1st place Indoor Pool Altstetten

“The quality of the design lies in its great clarity and stringent spatial conception, which can easily meet all programmatic requirements.” — Jury report, City of Zurich 2024

Alterszentrum Kreuzlingen

The new building is a “hit”, Kreuzlingen retirement center becomes a competence center for ageing issues — Building C before completion.

Criss-cross in Thurgau

It started with the idea of a site visit in Kreuzlingen and ended in a two-day office trip with all the trimmings.

First place in Neuchâtel!

Our project UNIVERS for the UniHub at the University of Neuchâtel wins the open competition.

Lecture at Politecnico Milan

On December 14 at 9:15, Raphael Kräutler will speak about our building envelopes. The lecture by Stamatina Kousidi and Mario Scaglia's professorship can also be followed online: Webex link

Planning credit approved

Many thanks to the municipality of Engelberg, which has clearly accepted our project.

Kaleidoscope wins!

Our project was chosen for a great construction task at a beautiful location: The Sonnenberg swimming pool in Engelberg.

2nd place for a new village centre in Davos

"a very well crafted and presented proposal that very consistently pursues an overarching idea" (from the jury report) - We would like to thank the jury and congratulate the strong winners

Construction project BBZ approved

The vocational training centre on the Polyfeld campus in Muttenz has cleared the next hurdle: the building commission approved our construction project for the renovation and expansion of the former FHNW. This means that construction work can begin in summer 2023. They will last four years.

BK en Valais

A three-day office trip in Valais with a packed programme of architecture, hiking and cuisine

Back to the office? asks the Arc Mag

After a visit to Geneva, François Esquivié responds to this with: "The spatial qualities, the generosity and the refreshing simplicity of the architecture of Berrel Kräutler's building nevertheless makes you want to come back to the office after months of working at home".

Third place in Luchswiesen!

When this competition project was designed, there was snow over Schwamendingen.... And in these hot days we are delighted about its success and the refreshing pictures.

Cantonal architects on the DETEC campus

Their annual conference took the Swiss cantonal architects to the administration building on Pulverstrasse in Ittigen.

Certificate for Pulverstrasse Ittigen

The administration building on the DETEC campus in Ittigen has received the "Building with Swiss Wood" award.

Ittigen at Swissbau

This year's fair trade Swissbau in Basel will open its doors on Tuesday 3 May. The administration building in Ittigen will be the subject of two presentations.

Exhibition in Singapore

The Swiss practice of the architectural competition is the subject of an exhibition in Singapore. Our project for the embassy in Singapore is presented as one of the examples.

Fire stations manual

DOM publishers have produced a comprehensive publication on an exciting typology with our fire station in Pratteln as a practical example. 

Competition ballet campus Erlenmatt

Our contribution for the last building blocks on the large construction site in Basel was not quite able to convince the jury.

Demolition work in Kreuzlingen

The apartment building above ground has already been removed. Thanks to a webcam on the construction site, we can now follow the progress live. The new elderly residence is scheduled for completion in 2024.

Ein Hybrid der ersten Stunde

Espazium's special issue "City of wood VII" focuses on the pioneering role of our administration building in Ittigen as one of the first composite wood and concrete construc­tions of this scale.

The "Himmelschnecke" at the architektur Fachmagazin

In its current issue, the Austrian magazine is dedicated to the topic of material & surface and also to our building on the DETEC campus in a comprehensive article.

Singapore Business Times presents Swiss embassy

“The upgrading serves bilateral ties” states the traditional Swiss National Day special supplement of Singapore's daily financial newspaper. 

Swiss Embassy Singapore

Our building in Ittigen and the headquarters in Geneva are among the «best architects 22»

We are delighted and honoured to receive this award twice.

Ittigen in the Holzbulletin

In the current issue of Lignum's wood bulletin, there is an article worth seeing about the building on Pulverstrasse.

Nomination “Award for Marketing + Architecture”

The St. Jakobshalle by Berrel Berrel Kräutler and Degelo Architekten was nominated in the category Public Buildings. We are looking forward to the award ceremony and are happy about every vote from the audience: “Award for Marketing + Architecture”

2nd place Campus Wattwil

Our “erratic” on the banks of the river Thur narrowly misses out on winning the open competition for a new high school.

Presentation SIA inForm

SIA inForm and TEC21 show the potential of timber as a building material in the series «wood constructive". In the current event, the focus is on building with hardwood, especially beech. Maurice Berrel will report on our experiences with beech wood in the Pulverstrasse administration building in Ittigen.

“Pulverstrasse Ittigen — Nachhaltig gebaut”

The Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics has published a book about the administration building in Ittigen - a nice conclusion to the project!

Studienauftrag “Stampfenbachstrasse 52 - 56, Zürich”

This precisely integrated project in the heart of Zurich was developed in collaboration with weberbrunner architekten at the end of 2020.

SNBS Gold for sustainable DETEC building

We are delighted to contribute to the establishment of a promising new standard.

Building permit for retirement residence

The building administration of the municipality of Kreuzlingen has given the go-ahead for the extension of the retirement residence with a new apartment wing.

Interview on DesignWanted

Read everything about our “dynamic and spacial experiences” on DesignWanted now

Berrel Kräutler Architekten in images

The photographer Mirjam Kluka looked over our shoulders for two days and immortalised many beautiful moments.

New Identity for Berrel Kräutler Architekten

The studio Herrmann Germann has given us a completely new look — thank you very much!

Publication “Schweizer­Botschaften” TEC21

The project for the embassy in Singapore has received a portrait in the special issue of TEC21 / TRACÉS / archi. Many thanks to the editors and to Jean-Pierre Wymann for the article.

Administration building in Ittingen completed

Visit to Ittigen

Between the first and the second waves of Covid 19, fortunately, we had an opportunity to make a spontaneous visit to the nearly completed building for the UVEK. On a beautiful summer’s day, a large group of current and former employees travelled to Ittigen.