Christ & Gantenbein
Christ & Gantenbein is an international practice dedicated to the broad realm of architecture. Founded in by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein, and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, the office employs a team of over 80 architects from 20 countries. The firm's most prominent completed projects include the expansion and transformation of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich and the. In , at ages 31 and 30, the duo won a competition to expand the Swiss National Museum, a beloved institution in the heart of Zurich. With these victories, they were on their way to stardom.
Prof. Emanuel Christ
Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein are architecture’s boy wonders—but it took a while for the world to , at ages 31 and 30, the duo won a competition to expand the Swiss National Museum, a beloved institution in the heart of Zurich. In , at ages 31 and 30, the duo won a competition to expand the Swiss National Museum, a beloved institution in the heart of Zurich. With these victories, they were on their way to stardom.
Christ & Gantenbein Studio
CAMBRIDGE, MA – August 29, Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein once again return as visiting critics to GSD Harvard. Their fall program, "The American Home", asks what the role of architecture is, if not to project a vision of home for a better life? "If we believe in the possibility of changing our society through the profession of architecture, an alternative way of living. Library Building by Juan O'Gorman, Projects I—III ," a comprehensive three-volume monograph showcasing over projects from to
Meet Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein, Architecture’s
Founders Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein, Partner Mona Farag, Associates Tabea Lachenmann, Anna Flückiger, Victoria Easton and Daniel Monheim, together with 35 architects staff the practice established in Architecture cannot be solely the result of the radical assertion of an autonomous idea of the individual designer. Instead, we focus on fundamental forms of architecture. Christ & Gantenbein
Emanuel Christ (*) studied architecture at ETH Zurich, EPF Lausanne and HdK Berlin. Together with Christoph Gantenbein, he founded Christ & Gantenbein in Basel in Their large-scale renovations and expansions of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich and the Kunstmuseum Basel—similarly monochrome, hard-edged blocks attached to historic buildings—opened within a few months of each other, bringing the year-old firm a wave of international attention for mixing contextual grace with a severe style. This year, the practice is being celebrated for something considerably smaller. Christ & Gantenbein Make Invitingly Austere Spaces
Emanuel Christ founded the architecture firm Christ & Gantenbein in Basel together with Christoph Gantenbein. Emanuel Christ is married, has three children and lives in Basel. . Emanuel Christ
Christ & Gantenbein was formed in by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein after graduating from ETH Zurich. To date, they have been involved in a wide range of projects, including the renovation and expansion of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, Kunstmuseum Basel and the ongoing Zurich University Hospital. In parallel with their practice, they are continuously investigating. .
Conversation with Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein
Christoph Gantenbein and Emanuel Christ with two of their prototypes. Last year was a watershed one for the Basel-based architecture firm Christ & Gantenbein. .