Christian Kerez | |
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| Born | Christian Georg Kerez 27 May 1962 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Website | Official website |
Christian Georg Kerez [1] (born 27 May 1962) is a Swiss architect, architectural photographer and professor.
Kerez was born 27 May 1962 in Maracaibo, Venezuela, one of two children, to Christoph Kerez (1927-2019) and Gisela (née Bromberg). His father was the president of the Swiss gemstone industry association. [2] [3] [4] He is distantly related to James Kerez-Paravicini, who aided founding the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. Until 1991 he completed his studies in architecture at ETH Zurich.
Christian Kerez studied architecture at ETH Zurich until 1991 and then worked with Rudolf Fontana in Domat/Ems. Kerez started out with architectural photography and founded his architecture office in Zurich in 1993. Christian Kerez has been working at the ETH since 2001, first as a visiting professor, from 2003 as an assistant professor and since 2009 as a professor; he invited Raphael Zuber, Hermann Czech, Arno Brandlhuber, Bijoy Jain, Anne Holtrop, Go Hasegawa, Smiljan Radic and Junya Ishigami. [5] Between 2012 and 2013 he held the Kenzo Tange Chair at Harvard University Graduate School of Design in Cambridge. [6] At the 15th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale Kerez designed the Swiss Pavilion. [7]
Kerez has photographed for Valerio Olgiati, Herzog & de Meuron, Bearth & Deplazes and Miroslav Šik.
He is married to Catherine (formerly Dumont d'Ayot; born 1965) and resides in Zürich.
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