Biographies of the editors. Alexandre Aviolat : Born in 1985. 2004-2010 studied architecture at the ETH Lausanne and the TU Dresden (2006-2007). 2010-2013 worked as an architect in the office Dreier & Frenzel, then at the Laboratoire de Théorie et d'Histoire de l'Architecture LTH 2 at the ETH Lausanne under the direction of Bruno Marchand on a study on housing of the estates of Lausanne-West. Since 2014 research assistant within the research of the LTH 2, participation in various publications on housing.
At the same time working as a partner in the office Aviolat Chaperon Escobar Architects in Fribourg, founded in 2014. Bruno Marchand : Born in 1955. 1974-1980 studied architecture at the ETH Lausanne. Worked as an architect in the office of Lamunière, van Bogaert and at the same time doing research on the typology of housing in Geneva, leading to a PhD in 1992. 1996-2004 Executive Assistant at the Planning Department (SAT) of the Canton of Vaud.
1997-2020 Professor of architectural theory at the ETH Lausanne, head of the Laboratoire de Théorie et d'Histoire de l'Architecture LTH 2. Research on architecture and urban development in the 20th century and the present, and on Housing. Large number of publications in magazines and books, director of the Cahiers de théorie and Matières series. 2001-2014 Partner of Devanthéry Lamunière for urban development, since then freelance work in planning and urban development.
Martin Steinmann : Born in 1942. 1961-1967 studied architecture at the ETH Zurich. Worked as an architect in the office of Ernst Gisel, 1968-1978 assistant to Adolf Max Vogt and research assistant at the Institute for History and Theory of Architecture at the ETH Zurich, director of the CIAM Archives, 1978 doctorate on the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne CIAM. Teaching at various schools of architecture, including the MIT and the ETH Zurich, 1975 curator of the exhibition "Tendenzen", 1980-1986 editor of the journal Archithese.
1987-2006 Professor of architectural design and architectural theory at ETH Lausanne, head of the Laboratoire de l'habitation urbaine. Publication of a large number of texts on 20th century and con-temporary architecture. 2016 Grand Prix Suisse d'art. Various cooperation on projects with Diener & Diener. Biographies Marcus and Roger Diener. Marcus Diener : Born in 1918. 1934-1937 apprenticeship as a draughtsman in the office of Alban Werdenberg.
1939-1945 performed active service. 1942 Founding of the office Diener and Oberle, which he continued to run under the name of Marcus Diener Architect after Joseph Oberle's departure in 1950. Realized a large number of buildings, mainly around Basel. Built a large number of cooperative apartment buildings, later several cinemas, such as the Palace, Hollywood and Plaza, and urban residential and commercial buildings, including a complex with hotel and car silo based on the American model.
Ran occasionally also an office in Toronto which built office buildings. Increasingly active as a developer. After 1960, large residential developments were built in Baselland. In 1980 hands over the management of his office to his son Roger Diener. Died in 1999. Roger Diener : Born in 1950, 1970-1976 studied architecture at the ETH Zurich. Joined the office of his father Marcus Diener ; since 1980 he has been managing the office of Diener & Diener Architects in Basel.
Teaches at various schools of architecture, including Harvard University. 1987-1989 he is Professor of Design at the ETH Lausanne, 1999-2013 Professor at the ETH Zurich, headed the Studio Basel together with Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Marcel Meili. Gives lectures on architectural questions, especially on the relationship to the built city. From 2005-2013 member of the Berlin Monuments Council, since 2013 member of the Federal Commission for Monument Preservation and since 2018 member of the Commission for Monument Preservation in Zurich.
His buildings have received numerous prizes, he himself was awarded with the Grande Medaille d'Or of the Académie d'Architecture, Paris, in 2002, the Grand Prix Suisse d'art in 2010 and the Culture Prize of the City of Basel in 2019 ; in 2019 honorary doctor at the Bauhaus University Weimar.
