Four Swiss companies win gold at the best architects awards 2025
46 Swiss architectural firms were honored at the best architects awards 2025, with four of them receiving gold. The annual awards recognize Europe's best architectural projects, selected by an international jury.
A total of 46 Swiss architecture firms have been recognized at the best architects awards 2025. With Inches Geleta, EMI Architects, Nicolas de Courten and Studio DIA, four of them received a gold medal. The best architectural projects of the year in Europe are published annually in a book by the Düsseldorf-based advertising agency Zinnobergruen GmbH. The selection is made by an international jury of architects. A total of 91 awards were presented at the current best architects awards, eight of which were gold.
Inches Geleta from Locarno TI received the gold award for the extension of the elementary school in the Vaganello district of Lugano. EMI Architekt*innen from Zurich was honored for the terraced houses on Stockmattstrasse in Baden AG. Nicolas de Courten from Lausanne qualified for gold with a long, meandering building complex in the Plaines-du-Loup district of Lausanne. Studio DIA from Bern received a gold medal for the Stromboli cooperative residential building in Bern.