News

27.03.2024

Groundbreaking for new building AHBasel

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.

26.03.2024

Topping-out ceremony at the new administration building for Bosch


18.03.2024

Catharina Märk is the new Head of the Division Planning Switzerland

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.

01.03.2024

Double Launch: UTOPIA - LESS and New Space IB Atelier

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.

16.01.2024

Works by the artist Lisa Hoever at IB Bern

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.

20.12.2023

Completion of wing G of the St. Anna Clinic

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.

14.12.2023

First stage of the new Bosch Switzerland headquarters successfully completed


12.12.2023

Christmas party with more than 300 employees

At the beginning of December, we held our Christmas dinner with over 300 employees in Berne.

14.11.2023

Future of all kind day - Thursday 09 November

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.

07.11.2023

Lysbüchel school building honored

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»

12.10.2023

Refurbishment and extension of the operations center, BOGG bus depot, Wangen bei Olten Inauguration of the extension building

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.

12.10.2023

5th prize for the "MILOS" project in the ES II Confignon competition, Geneva

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.

04.10.2023

Inauguration of the Adult Emergency Department at the HUG - University Hospitals of Geneva

After 4 years of renovation work, the HUG - University Hospitals of Geneva inaugurated its Adult Emergency Department on 3 October.

27.09.2023

EHL wins the Prix de l'Immobilier Romand 2023 in the "ouvrages publics" category

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.

29.08.2023

Fun, sport and fair play despite the heat - the polysportive event 2023

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.

11.08.2023

Completion of renovation and conversion of ETH Zurich's machine laboratory

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.

05.07.2023

IB will be part of the planning team for the new building project Forum UZH

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. 

26.06.2023

Laying of the foundation stone for the Dornacherweg housing development

We are excited about today's laying of the foundation stone for the Dornacherweg residential development in Reinach.

15.06.2023

IB adopts its "Charter for Sustainable Development – Architecture Strategy 2030"

13.06.2023

European Healthcare Design Congress (EHD2023)

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».

27.04.2023

Completion of the Temporary Sports Hall Gloriarank

On 26 April 2023, the new wooden construction conceived by IB Basel was officially inaugurated

21.04.2023

2nd prize in the open competition of the new elderly home in Biasca

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.

06.03.2023

IB Basel as a dual partner at DHBW Lörrach

The local university council of DHBW Lörrach has decided on the admission of IB Basel as a practice partner in December 2022.

07.02.2023

New commission for the construction of Dock A at Zurich Airport

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.

27.01.2023

2nd prize in the competition for the New inComune area- Castel San Pietro

We are pleased to have been awarded 2nd prize in the open competition for the new inComune area in Castel San Pietro.

19.01.2023

6° place on the competition for the new nursing home in the municipality of Val Mara, Melano district

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.

21.12.2022

1st prize Widenbach Wittenbach

IBSG wins the Widenbach Wittenbach competition for the Aurora Investment Foundation

21.12.2022

6th place in the Energie Kreuzlingen open competition

15.12.2022

The Vortex, among the winners of the German Design Award 2023 category Excellent Architecture

The Vortex project in Chavannes-près-Renens has been awarded Gold status for the exceptional quality of its design.

29.11.2022

Brückenwaage Thalheim an der Thur

Property development contract for the Brückenwaage project in Thalheim an der Thur has been approved.

10.11.2022

pRED wins the «Lean Construction Project Award»

The «pRED Innovation Center» of F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG is awarded the «Lean Construction Project Award».

04.11.2022

UTOPIA - The winners have been announced

On Monday last week the time has finally come - the winners have been awarded at the S AM.

01.11.2022

IB Event «FOKUS» on Sustainability & VDC/BIM

On Wednesday, 19 October 2022, the IB Event «FOKUS» on Sustainability & VDC/BIM took place in Bern.

27.10.2022

Award ceremony for the student competition «UTOPIA - Learning of the Future» 31.10.2022 S AM

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

18.10.2022

Tour Tilia Granted Building Permit

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.

17.10.2022

Taikang Chongqing Senior Living Communitiy is under construction

10.10.2022

Competition Guggerbach Centre Davos

3rd place for «Tetris» !

08.10.2022

1st prize for «Velâzdo» Bulle at the «Prix de l'Immobilier Romand 2022» !

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.

07.10.2022

IB Basel celebrated 100th anniversary

Proud of the past. Ready for the future. We are IB.

04.10.2022

IB Bern celebrated its 100th anniversary together with customers and partners

Our anniversary year is progressing.

14.09.2022

Aargau Integration Centre

We are delighted to have been awarded the contract in the general planning selection procedure by invitation for the Aargau Integration Centre!

30.08.2022

Polysport Event

On the 18th of August 2022, the first IB Polysportive event took place at the Swiss Mega Park in Frenkendorf.

05.08.2022

3XN and IB win 4th prize in the competition for the children's hospital (HUG) in Geneva

The IASO project is characterised by its organic morphological direction of movement, which refers to childhood.

20.07.2022

3rd prize in the competition for the Liechtenstein National Library in Vaduz

IB is pleased to have won the 3rd prize in the competition for the Liechtenstein National Library «Garden of Eden» in Vaduz.

11.07.2022

The EHL Hospitality Business School Inaugurates its New Campus

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.

05.07.2022

3XN/GXN and IB Win International Competition of new Ecotope for EPFL

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!

04.07.2022

IB Basel is pleased with the completion of the residential development in Wetzikon

Fifty-four new apartments were built on two plots of land in the municipality of Wetzikon, close to the Kempten railway station.

01.07.2022

IB Bern – New Location Manager Angelo Cioppi

Effective 1 July 2022, Angelo Cioppi will be the new Location Manager of IB Bern and a Member of the Executive Board.

20.06.2022

100 years of IB - if that's not a reason to celebrate!

Under a steel-blue sky and sunshine, the IB passengers boarded the «MS Berner Oberland» in Thun on June 10th.

10.06.2022

IB100 Anniversary Party

For the 100th anniversary, the entire IB crew is going on board of the «MS Berner Oberland» today.

07.06.2022

Succession Plan for IB Basel Site Management

In our anniversary year, the course for the future is being set at our Basel site.

07.06.2022

IB St.Gallen celebrated its 100th anniversary together with customers and partners

IB shapes the future. For exactly 100 years.

09.05.2022

Brückenwaage in Thalheim an der Thur

Contract awarded for the Brückenwaage project in Thalheim an der Thur

06.05.2022

Lysbüchel school building - Open House Basel

The Lysbüchel school building opens its doors and IB is pleased to give you a guided tour.

05.05.2022

IB Basel invites you to the Open Office

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.

03.05.2022

1st place in the study commission «pedestrian/bicycle bridge district 4-5» in Zurich!

The evaluation committee unanimously recommended the «Landscape Bridge» project.

12.04.2022

IB is pleased about the coverage in the BaZ

The Basler Zeitung reports in its Culture & Society section about our founding father Otto Rudolf Salvisberg and our 100th anniversary.

15.03.2022

6th prize in the open competition Volksschule Goumoëns, Bern

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.

14.03.2022

Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Bosch/Scintilla building

We are pleased with the report in the Aargauer Zeitung about the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Bosch/Scintilla building in Zuchwil.

22.02.2022

UTOPIA – Student Competition

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.

15.02.2022

Hegenheimerstrasse project listed among the top ten for 2021 Building of the Year

Voting for the 2021 Building of the Year finished at the end of January on swiss-architects.com.

02.02.2022

Report on master planning in hospital construction

In the December 5/2021 issue of Heime & Spitäler magazine, Michael Nährlich, our Head of Health Switzerland, reports on master planning in hospital construction.

01.02.2022

ArchDaily «Building of the Year 2022»

We are very happy that our courtyard building in Basel is nominated for "Building of the Year 2022" at ArchDaily.

31.01.2022

IB is pleased about the coverage in Hochparterre

We are very pleased that two projects in which IB was involved are published in the Hochparterre issue 1-2/22.

10.01.2022

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