Bob Gysin

Bob Gysin is the founder of Bob Gysin Partner BGP Architekten in Zurich, which today has 50 employees. As Chairman of the Board of Direc­tors, he is involved in the archi­tec­tural discourse as well as in strategy devel­op­ments for sustain­ability. Since its foun­da­tion, the archi­tec­ture firm has stood for future-oriented archi­tec­ture and is one of the pioneers in sustain­able building on the Euro­pean archi­tec­tural scene. Bob Gysin founded a gallery for avant-garde art in 1971 — even before the archi­tec­tural office opened in 1976. The focus is on promoting young profes­sional artists. In addi­tion to lectures, jury and expert activ­i­ties and the Energy Salon, publi­ca­tions such as “Living at Every Age” and “Sustain­able Thinking in Archi­tec­ture and Art” docu­ment the claim to combine social commit­ment and cultural rele­vance. BGP has been awarded numerous national and inter­na­tional archi­tec­ture prizes.