The Members of the Board of Trustees
The members of the Board of Trustees are engaged personally and primarily on a voluntary basis to promote knowledge and understanding of contemporary architecture in the Basel region.
President and Member of the Board of Trustees
CHRISTIAN W. BLASER
Architect, Basel
Born 1965 in Basel. 1987–91, architecture studies, Illinois Institute of Technology IIT, Chicago (MArch). Member of SIA, VSI, ASAI and AIA. Since 1991 self-employed as architect. 1991–92, teaching assistant, TU Karlsruhe. 1993–2003, co-owner and executive director, Blaser + Morath AG. Focus Areas: architecture, interior architecture, general planning, project development. President, IG Trinationalen Lebensraum Basel. Since 2005 organizer and initiator of ‘Architecture Lectures’; since 2006 President of the Architektur Dialoge Basel Foundation.
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Executive Manager, Member of the Board of Trustees
JEAN-PIERRE WYMANN
Architect, Basel
Born 1960 in Basel. 1979–85, architecture studies, ETH Zurich. Since 1987 self-employed as architect in Basel; since 2006 Wymann Architektur. Various new and renovation projects with an emphasis on housing, health care and educational facilities. Various publications about architecture. Member of SIA and BSA. 1997, Guter Bauten [Good Buildings] Award, Kantons Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft]. In 2002 initiator of the interdisciplinary lecture series ‘Architecture and…’ Since 2005 member of the SIA Commission for Architecture and Engineering Competitions. Since 2006 Executive Manager of the Architektur Dialoge Basel Foundation.
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Member of the Board of Trustees
Oliver Brandenberger
Architect, Basel
Born 1972 in Liestal. 1995–99, architecture studies, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), School of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Muttenz. 1998, architecture studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. 1999–2000, employed as architect at Stump & Schibli Architekten, Basel; Miller & Maranta, Basel; and Rita McBride, New York. 2001–03, assistant, School of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geomatics FHNW, Muttenz. Since 2003 self-employed architect in Basel, Oliver Brandenberger Architekten. Various new and renovation projects in residential and commercial building. 2007, Swiss National Art Prize (Architecture); 2006, Emerging New York Architect, 2nd Prize; 2004, Public Choice Award for Best Renovations; 2003, Lignum Seeland Wooden Structures Prize. Member of SIA and BSA. Since 2009 member of the Board of Trustees of the Architektur Dialoge Basel Foundation.
brandenberger@architekturdialoge.ch
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Member of the Board of Trustees
Manuel Levy
Economist, Basel
Born 1963 in Liestal; 1988–92, business management studies in Basel; since 1997, co-owner and executive director of Regent Lighting AG in Basel. Restructuring of Regent from a national dealer into an internationally-renowned production firm in the lighting fixtures industry. Owner of the firm Fashion Label AG in Basel, whose shops operate under the label B&B Buckles&Belts. Diverse mandates as member of board of directors in different fields. Since 2011, member of the board of Trustees of the Architektur Dialoge Basel Foundation.
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Responsible for PR & Media and Member of the Board of Trustees
Katharina Marchal
Journalist, Arlesheim
Born 1968 in Salzburg, Austria. 1988-91, architecture studies, TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology); 1991-93, University of Stuttgart, Germany; and 1993-95, University of East London, England. 1996-99, employed as architect at Herzog & de Meuron Architekten in Basel and Munich. 2000-02, advanced studies, Institute for History and Theory of Architecture gta, ETH Zurich. Since 2003 employed as independent architecture critic for Swiss professional and daily press and correspondent for international professional architecture press. Since 2007 member of the Board of Trustees of the Architektur Dialoge Basel Foundation, responsible for media and PR. 2008, co-organization of 'Les journées de l'architecture - Die Architekturtage, 2008' in the Basel region.
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Member of the Board of Trustees
Dr. Christoph Nertz
Lawyer and notary, Basel
Born 1960 in Basel. 1979–85, law studies, University of Basel. Lawyer, primarily in real estate law; Kanton Basel-Stadt public notary; Partner at NEOVIUS Lawyers and Notaries; member of the SIA, Board of Law Examiners and Board of Directors of the Notary Chamber of Kanton Basel-Stadt; various mandates as management and foundation consultant. Since 2006 member of the Board of Trustees of the Architektur Dialoge Basel Foundation
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Member of the Board of Trustees
Andreas Reuter
Architect, Basel
Born 1964 in Mainz, Germany. 1984-91, architecture studies, ETH Zurich. 1991-97, employed in various architecture firms in Zurich, Berlin and Basel. Since 1997 self-employed architect, sabarchitekten in Basel. Various new and renovation projects emphasizing urban planning, housing and schools. 2006, Romande d'Architecture Award; 2008, Guter Bauten [Good Buildings] Award, Kantons Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft]. Since 2005 member of BSA. Since 2006 Architecture Delegate, Swiss National Art Commission. Since 2007 member of the Cityscape Commission of Kanton Basel-Stadt. Since 2009 member of the Board of Trustees of the Architektur Dialoge Basel Foundation.
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Dr. Tilo Richter
Art Historian, Basel
Born 1968 in Karl-Marx-Stadt. 1991–98, art history, classical archaeology and African studies, Leipzig and Basel Universities. 2001–06, production director of printed media, Netzmedien AG, Basel. 2004–08, Ph.D., ETH Zurich, Department of Architecture. 2008/09, assistant of Prof. Dr. Andreas Tönnesmann, Institut gta, ETH Zurich. Since 1995, engaged as independent author and editor, architectural journalist and book designer in collaboration with, e.g., Reto Geiser at Verlag Standpunkte, Basel. Since 2008, correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung for ‘Kunstmarkt Schweiz’. Since 2011, member of the Architektur Dialoge Basel Foundation.
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Member of the Board of Trustees
Alban Rüdisühli
Architect, Basel
Born 1964 in Basel. 1986–90, architecture studies, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), School of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Muttenz (formerly Ingenieurschule Beider Basel). 1990–1993, employed at Michael Alder Architekt, Basel. Since 1993 self-employed architect in Basel; since 2004 new buildings, urban development and public space projects. 1993–2002, assistant, ETH Zurich and Institute for Technology in Architecture. Member of the SIA and BSA. Since 2003 member of the Board of Trustees of the Architektur Dialoge Basel Foundation. Co-organizer of the event series ‘Architecture and…’.
ruedisuehli@architekturdialoge.ch
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