Explores the progressive work of Swiss design firm Boltshauser Architekten.

Zurich-based Boltshauser Architekten is one of the most successful and idiosyncratic Swiss design firms. Their buildings combine a precise examination of materials for constructive potential with a profound understanding of ecological issues. Founder Roger Boltshauser is determined to find new forms and solutions for the architectural challenges of our time. Many of the firm’s realized designs have won international awards.

Roger Boltshauser—Response reviews 12 of Boltshauser Architekten’s key and recent buildings in a three-step presentation of plan, photograph, and sketch. Italian Swiss architecture photographer Luca Ferrario’s atmospheric images, Roger Boltshauser’s own artistic hand drawings, and the sections, axonometries, and floor plans produce a multilayered picture of the practice’s oeuvre.