Our proposal stands out for its strong sense of place and its ability to highlight the historical value of the old village, while offering an open and inclusive cultural and social center.
Workshops with teachers in Signau
The building permit for the extension project of the Principal College of Pully has been obtained and work will start on 14 April 2025. The project involves the construction of new school premises including 17 new classrooms, administrative areas, the school library and a double sports hall.
In the interview titled "The Competition Journey" [So geht Wettbewerb], we spoke with competitionline about our approach to design competitions—and much more.
We are honored to share that IB has secured 1st place in the “Architecture” category standing out among 21,400 architectural practices in Germany and beyond.
IB, together with the total contractor HRS Real Estate AG, was awarded first prize in the selective two-stage total performance competition for the new triple sports hall in Grosshöchstetten.
Construction of the InnHub La Punt, La Punt Chamues-ch, innovation campus is set to begin this spring.
The discussion was prompted by our frequent—and increasingly successful—participation in open school competitions over the past years.
The Bellinzona Oncology Research Institute (IOR) opened a project competition for the construction of new laboratories. The jury awarded second prize to our “kaleidoscope” project.
We thank the entire project team for their contribution and commitment.
The project for the new Medical-Social Establishment in Vouvry respects and harmoniously integrates the natural features of the terrain.
The Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics held a open project competition for the construction of a new magazine for the Federal Archives, in which 23 planning teams took part. The jury awarded 2nd place and 2nd prize to our project “Aedes Memoriae”. We would like to thank the entire planning team for their contributions and commitment!
Our annual internal FOKUS event was held last Tuesday with the highly relevant theme "Architecture and Digital Workflows". The event featured guest speakers from Herzog & de Meuron, 3XN, and Opensource.Construction.
The project aims to blend harmoniously into the existing environment, while creating links with the surrounding public spaces and residential buildings. The school occupies the centre of the plot, with a radiating massing and a connection to the surrounding roads, opening to its surroundings and engaging with all the neighbouring areas.
A roundtable organized by IB dedicated to innovation and sustainability, featuring international speakers, to explore new visions of tomorrow.
Festive Award Ceremony for Student Competition UTOPIA-LESS at S AM
For the third consecutive year, IB and finitia came together under one roof to compete in paddle tennis, cornhole, soccer, badminton and bubble soccer.
The La Tronchenaz school and sports complex offers an architectural solution that fulfils educational, sports, and community needs while considering the principles of sustainability.
After a successful planning phase, on Wednesday 26th of June we were able to celebrate an important milestone in the renovation of the @Vaudoise Assurances headquarters with the inauguration of the worksite, marked by the vernissage of Nigel Peake's monumental work On and Around.
We are pleased to announce that 15 new associates and 6 new associate partners were assigned at the general assembly in Locarno on June 14, 2024.
We are pleased to announce that Marcus Klink was appointed Partner during last week's General Assembly.
In collaboration with Erne AG Holzbau, we took second place after the team Gigon Guyer Architekten and Leuthard Baumanagement in the two-stage invited competition for all required services for SBB's Werkstadt Building X «Xylo» project.
The future Agroscope campus in Posieux is taking shape: The shell of the new laboratory building has been completed.
For the project proposal "Tri Tra Trullala", our competition team was awarded second prize in the open architectural competition for the construction of a sports hall and school extension in the municipality of Rain. 38 offices took part.
After a successful planning phase, we've celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for the new AHBasel building on Tuesday by invitation of the AHBasel Foundation, together with personalities of local politics, planners, participants, and our project team.
Catharina Märk has been Head of the division Planning Switzerland since March 2024 and in her new role is a member of IB's extended Executive Board.
We launched the second edition of the student competition UTOPIA titled «LESS» together with S AM Swiss Architecture Museum yesterday. We also inaugurated the new premises of our creative hub IB Atelier.
Our young design team was awarded 2nd prize in the open architectural competition for the complete renovation of the PER10 chemistry building at the University of Fribourg (CH).
Bureau Bollito - the office as an exhibition space
As part of the group exhibition Bureau Bollito, not only the rooms of the Robert Walser Center will be used, but also the offices of the participating partners. At the IB Bern location, the Bernese artist Lisa Hoever is exhibiting four of her works in two large meeting rooms on the 3rd floor until December 20, 2024.
In mid-November 2023, we were able to hand over the Tract G extension to the Hirslanden St. Anna Clinic in Lucerne to the client as general planners.
At the beginning of December, we held our Christmas dinner with over 300 employees in Berne.
On our "National Future Day", we had the pleasure of welcoming about thirty children to our offices to discover, during an entire day, the various professions practiced at IB. Due to the high demand, all the available slots were taken very quickly.
Our Lysbüchel school building was honored on Friday evening by the cantons of Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt as part of the «Auszeichnung Gutes Bauen 2023»
On the last weekend in September, the Busbetrieb Olten Gösgen Gäu AG (BOGG) celebrated the inauguration of the extension building. The official handover took place in the presence of the cantonal councillor Sandra Kolly.
The new ES II Confignon school complex, located at the heart of the future Cherpines district between the communes of Confignon and Plan les Ouates, is designed to blend harmoniously into its surroundings, creating a dialogue between mineral and vegetation.
After 4 years of renovation work, the HUG - University Hospitals of Geneva inaugurated its Adult Emergency Department on 3 October.
At a ceremony held on Tuesday September 26, the jury for the Prix de l'Immobilier Romand awarded 1st prize in the "bâtiments publics" category to the new EHL Hospitality Business School campus.
Padel tennis, cornhole, soccer, badminton and bubble soccer - the employees had a lot of fun at the second polysportive event of IB and finitia on August 24.
After 10 years, the extensive renovation and conversion work is coming to a close. The vast Swiss Modernist building complex was constructed between 1930 and 1935 by Otto Rudolf Salvisberg, one of the founders of IB.
In June 2023, IB, together with S+B Baumanagement AG, was commissioned as sub-planners by Herzog & de Meuron Forum AG for the Forum UZH in Zurich.
We are excited about today's laying of the foundation stone for the Dornacherweg residential development in Reinach.
From 12-14 June 2023, the European Healthcare Design Congress (EHD2023) is being held at the Seligman Theatre of the Royal College of Physicians London. IB is attending the congress in its role as major contributor to Swiss healthcare solutions in architecture. Today, the IB representatives held their speech titled «The support structure for strategic planning for long-term hospital renovations» under the topic «Strategic Planning and Investment».
On 26 April 2023, the new wooden construction conceived by IB Basel was officially inaugurated
We are very pleased to announce that we have obtained the 2nd prize at the open competition for the new elderly home in Biasca, on the Bosciorina compartment.
The local university council of DHBW Lörrach has decided on the admission of IB Basel as a practice partner in December 2022.
IB in collaboration with BIG, has been commissioned as general planner for the project Dock A of Zurich Airport! IB is responsible for the construction management and, together with BIG, for the overall management of the project in all phases.
We are pleased to have been awarded 2nd prize in the open competition for the new inComune area in Castel San Pietro.
We are delighted to have won 6th place out of the fifty participants in the open competition for the new nursing home in the municipality of Val Mara, Melano district.
IBSG wins the Widenbach Wittenbach competition for the Aurora Investment Foundation
The Vortex project in Chavannes-près-Renens has been awarded Gold status for the exceptional quality of its design.
Property development contract for the Brückenwaage project in Thalheim an der Thur has been approved.
The «pRED Innovation Center» of F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG is awarded the «Lean Construction Project Award».
On Monday last week the time has finally come - the winners have been awarded at the S AM.
On Wednesday, 19 October 2022, the IB Event «FOKUS» on Sustainability & VDC/BIM took place in Bern.
An event by Itten+Brechbühl AG in cooperation with the S AM Swiss Museum of Architecture
Followed by a panel discussion with Regula Lüscher, Saikal Zhunushova, moderation: Andreas Ruby and aperitif
Musical accompaniment: Sophie Luise Hage
3XN + IB’s Tour Tilia project has obtained its building permit, with construction expected to commence in the first half of 2023. The scheme comprises an 85-meter-tall timber tower and the transformation of two pre-existing structures (an office building and a badminton hall) on the project site.
3rd place for «Tetris» !
The jury for the «Prix Bilan for Real Estate in Swiss Romandie» awarded 1st prize in the «Mixed Buildings» category to the new urban complex at the railway station in Bulle, in the canton of Fribourg.
Proud of the past. Ready for the future. We are IB.
Our anniversary year is progressing.
We are delighted to have been awarded the contract in the general planning selection procedure by invitation for the Aargau Integration Centre!
On the 18th of August 2022, the first IB Polysportive event took place at the Swiss Mega Park in Frenkendorf.
The IASO project is characterised by its organic morphological direction of movement, which refers to childhood.
IB is pleased to have won the 3rd prize in the competition for the Liechtenstein National Library «Garden of Eden» in Vaduz.
After 5 years of construction, the new campus of the EHL Hospitality Business School was officially inaugurated on Friday, July 8, 2022. Designed by the architectural office of IB and realized in collaboration with Tekhne SA, this ambitious project reflects the rigor and excellence that have shaped the reputation of the EHL throughout the world.
We are very pleased to have won the international competition for the future «Ecotope» at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) together with 3XN/GXN!
Fifty-four new apartments were built on two plots of land in the municipality of Wetzikon, close to the Kempten railway station.
Effective 1 July 2022, Angelo Cioppi will be the new Location Manager of IB Bern and a Member of the Executive Board.
Under a steel-blue sky and sunshine, the IB passengers boarded the «MS Berner Oberland» in Thun on June 10th.
For the 100th anniversary, the entire IB crew is going on board of the «MS Berner Oberland» today.
In our anniversary year, the course for the future is being set at our Basel site.
IB shapes the future. For exactly 100 years.
Contract awarded for the Brückenwaage project in Thalheim an der Thur
The Lysbüchel school building opens its doors and IB is pleased to give you a guided tour.
On May 11th and 13th, we will open our doors and we are happy to invite you to our Open Office during the first Basel Architecture Week.
The evaluation committee unanimously recommended the «Landscape Bridge» project.
The Basler Zeitung reports in its Culture & Society section about our founding father Otto Rudolf Salvisberg and our 100th anniversary.
This project for the construction of a new school complex is intended to familiarize the students with the local nature, with a sense of the seasons and with the diversity of life. Our plan is designed to provide the children with an awareness for flora and fauna. In particular, the alpine and common swifts that currently live in this area will make the children understand the difficulties these rare and protected birds are facing. We will build nesting sites under the roof and thus offer a new habitat for the swifts.
We are pleased with the report in the Aargauer Zeitung about the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Bosch/Scintilla building in Zuchwil.
On the occasion of its 100-year anniversary, IB is launching a student ideas competition worth a total of 10,000 Swiss francs as a gift to the next generation of architects. The aim is to develop a utopia for the learning of the future.
Voting for the 2021 Building of the Year finished at the end of January on swiss-architects.com.
In the December 5/2021 issue of Heime & Spitäler magazine, Michael Nährlich, our Head of Health Switzerland, reports on master planning in hospital construction.
We are very happy that our courtyard building in Basel is nominated for "Building of the Year 2022" at ArchDaily.
We are very pleased that two projects in which IB was involved are published in the Hochparterre issue 1-2/22.
We shape the future.
For 100 years.