Burckhardt + Partner AG Architekten Generalplaner

Burckhardt+Partner AG are one of Switzerland’s leading architectural and general planning concerns. We anticipate future trends and take into account global, economic, social and technological changes in our work as well as in our long-term strategic thinking. This enables us to adapt to changing market needs and keep abreast of technological innovations. Our corporate culture is characterized by our commitment to our clients, society and the environment as well as by the dedication of our highly skilled staff.
 
Providing our clients with high quality and high performance services is our core activity. Convincing architectural design and professional execution mark our work. We identify our clients’ needs, define the project goals and on this basis design and implement adequate solutions, taking account of all relevant factors.
 
Innovation means continuous development. For our clients innovation means added value. Innovation based on a visionary, exploratory, rigorous and untiring approach therefore ensures a secure market position.
 
Our services are comprehensive, covering all the stages of work defined by the SIA (Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects) from strategic planning to final accounting. These are supplemented by additional services such as project initiation, investor searches, project management and all the necessary technical planning activities.
 
Any services not provided directly by Burckhardt+Partner AG are carried out by competent external consultants (engineering, technical, legal, etc). Our autonomous position allows us to appoint consultants best suited to any given assignment. Our consultant network is continuously kept up to date and complemented according to market needs.

Minergie
CUBIX, competition office building Mingerstrasse
Administration
Bern, Switzerland, 2009

Administration building Roche
Administration
Rotkreuz, Switzerland
2008 - 2011

Romande Energie
Industry / commercial buildings
Rolle, Switzerland
2008 - 2010

University Lausanne
Education / culture
Chemistry / laboratories / pharmaceuticals
Administration
Lausanne, Switzerland, 2007 - 2008

Housing Cadolles
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2007

Wellville, Schorenareal
Urban development / traffic infrastructure
Housing
Basel, Switzerland, 2007

Administration Complex
Urban development / traffic infrastructure
Administration
Tripoli, Libya, 2007

Conference Center for the O.I.C
Education / culture
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2007

ETH Zurich, New Building HPL Life Science Platform
Education / culture
Chemistry / laboratories / pharmaceuticals
Zurich, Switzerland, 2006 - 2011

Foundation Jean-Dutoit
Housing
Geneva, Switzerland, 2006 - 2010

Raiffeisen "Flon"
Trade / shopping facilities
Administration
Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006 - 2008

Single-family home Frick
Housing
Gerzensee, Switzerland, 2006 - 2007

Shopping center Bel Air
Trade / shopping facilities
Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006

Le Brit
Urban development / traffic infrastructure
Romanel-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006

Old People's Residence Trix
Health Care
Housing
Biel, Switzerland, 2006

Philip Morris International Research and Development Campus
Chemistry / laboratories / pharmaceuticals
Administration
Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2005 - 2008

Geneva 2020
Urban development / traffic infrastructure
Geneva, Switzerland, 2005

The New Jalisco State Library
Education / culture
Guadalajara, Mexico, 2005

Triemli Hospital Zurich
Health Care
Zurich, Switzerland, 2005

Syngenta/Masterplan, reception, chemistry and seed treatment building
Chemistry / laboratories / pharmaceuticals
Administration
Stein, Switzerland, 2004 - 2007

Residential development Wasserstelzen
Urban development / traffic infrastructure
Housing
Riehen, Switzerland, 2004 - 2007

European Patent Office EPO
Urban development / traffic infrastructure
Administration
The Hague, Netherlands, 2004

Production building Alupak
Industry / commercial buildings
Bern-Belp, Switzerland, 2003 - 2007

Beijing Wukesong Cultural and Sports Center Olympics 2008
Leisure / sports
Beijing, China, 2003

Landmark Tower
Administration
Dublin, Ireland, 2003

St. Mark’s Coptic Cathedral
Education / culture
Toronto, Canada, 2003

Hospital of the Canton of Zug
Health Care
Zug, Switzerland, 2002 - 2008

Parking Hospital of the Canton of Zug
Urban development / traffic infrastructure
Baar, Switzerland, 2002 - 2006

Care Center Zug
Health Care
Baar, Switzerland, 2002 - 2006

Residential development Alemannengasse
Urban development / traffic infrastructure
Housing
Basel, Switzerland, 2001 - 2003

New buildings Stoppani AG
Industry / commercial buildings
Administration
Neuenegg, Switzerland, 2001 - 2003

Flowtec
Industry / commercial buildings
Reinach, Switzerland, 2001 - 2003

Thiersteinerallee premises
Administration
Housing
Basel, Switzerland, 2001 - 2003

MFO Park
Leisure / sports
Zurich, Switzerland, 2001 - 2002

Unique City Multifunctional Center
Trade / shopping facilities
Urban development / traffic infrastructure
Tourism / hotels and catering
Zurich, Switzerland, 2001

Headquarters Hotelplan
Administration
Glattbrugg, Switzerland, 2000 - 2003

Boilerhouse Terlinden
Administration
Küsnacht, Switzerland, 2000 - 2003

Campus 2002 Schoolhouse
Education / culture
Reinach, Switzerland, 2000 - 2002

Credit Suisse e-Business Center
Administration
Horgen, Switzerland, 2000 - 2002

Maag Premises
Urban development / traffic infrastructure
Zurich, Switzerland, 2000

Headquarters Unique One
Administration
Zurich, Switzerland, 2000

Leonhard Schoolhouse Basel
Education / culture
Basel, Switzerland, 1994 - 1997

Burckhardt+Partner was founded in 1951, but the company’s interesting history actually reaches back much further into the past and is tied to some prominent architects from Basel. Melchior Berri-Burckhardt (1801-1854) is considered the founding father of Burckhardt+Partner.

Berri was an important architect, who as a master significantly influenced the late classical period of Swiss architecture in the first half of the Nineteenth Century. Arnold Böcklin called Berri the only artist among the Swiss architects of that age. The Augustinergasse museum, the Rosenthal park burial chapel, the old Riehen town hall, and the old letter boxes at Schöneck and at the Spalentor with the Basler Dybli - also designed by Melchior Berri - are important witnesses to the art of his architecture. When Berri died in 1854, his widow, Margaretha Salome Burckhardt, Jacob Burckhardt’s oldest sister, continued to run the architecture offices and the construction business with the help of its closest employee, Carl Heinrich Lendorff, an architecture and master builder from Karlruhe, Germany.

The architects Emanuel La Roche-Heusler and Adolf Benedikt Staeheli-de Goumois took over Berri’s architecture offices at the beginning of the 1890s.

Emanuel La Roche (1863-1922) was the primary director of the new company, La Roche, Staehelin & Cie. La Roche is considered one the leading masters of the neo-Baroque style in Basel. He had received a broad education completing an apprenticeship as a stonemason in Basel and sculptor in Strasbourg before taking up architectural studies at the Stuttgart Polytechnikum. By invitation, he moved to Florence in 1887, where he collaborated on Jacob Burckhardt’s monumental work, Architecture in Tuscany.

La Roche, Staehelin & Cie. was taken over by the architects and builders Burckhardt, Wenk & Cie. in 1928. Karl August Burckhardt was one of the partners from 1910 to 1951. Together with his son, Martin H. Burckhardt, and Karl Eckert, Karl August Burckhardt founded Burckhardt Architekten SIA when he was 71 years old.

The company benefited from the long experience and contacts of the senior partner, the spirit of the younger team members, and an emerging economic boom. Burckhardt Architekten SIA took its initial steps in the construction of laboratory and research buildings as early as 1954 and since then has evolved into one of Switzerland’s leading architecture and general planning companies with offices in Basel, Berne, Geneva, Lausanne Zurich and Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany. Burckhardt+Partner were reorganized as a joint-stock company in 1981. The commercial success of the company continues to ensure i enterprise is closely held by its management team.