02.09.2024

HHF AT HARVARD GSD
“After The Campus — Verticalizing Basel” ... HHF teaches at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). Please click the image above for further information about the fall 2024 course program and schedule.
17.07.2024

SAY IN HAMBURG
The travelling exhibition «SAY 23 – Swiss Architecture Yearbook» stops for a brief visit at AIT ArchitekturSalon in Hamburg from July 17 to August 16, 2024. Take a look at our LANDSKRONHOF courtyard building contribution and all the other displayed projects when being in the north of Germany.
01.06.2024

LANDSKRONHOF IN BAUMEISTER
“Since 2014, ‘inward densification’ has been enshrined in federal law in Switzerland. However, implementation is often challenging, which is why role models like the courtyard development ‘Landskronhof’ are so important as pioneering pilot projects for successful inner-city densification.” writes author Miriam Stierle about our LANDSKRONHOF project in the recent Baumeister edition B6 – June 2024. Get a copy from Baumeister website by clicking the link above and dive into the overall topic of Basel urban planning and its current architecture outcome.
31.05.2024

“BEGIN AGAIN. FAIL BETTER”
Based on Samuel Beckett's famous quote “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” the Kunstmuseum Olten is dedicating an exhibition to the preliminary (hand-) drawings of architects, a subject that is equally important for both architecture and the visual arts. Works from four archives – Drawing Matter (UK), EPFL Lausanne, ETH Zurich and USI Mendrisio – and fifty well-known Swiss offices, including HHF, are going to be displayed from June 1 – August 25, 2024. The vernissage takes place on Friday, May 31, 2024, at 18:30.
24.05.2024

SAY 23 IN ZÜRICH
If you are around, take a look at our LANDSKRONHOF displayed in ZAZ Bellerive in Zurich among all other 36 selected “SAY 23 – Swiss Architecture Yearbook” projects. Before the summer break and the next stop of the travelling exhibition in Fribourg, from September 25 – October 23, 2024, there will be a chance until the end of next week on Sunday, June 2, 2024.
15.05.2024

BIS ON ESPAZIUM
Follow our contribution to the invited international competition redeveloping the Bank for International Settlement (BIS) Basel headquarters' site published on Espazium. Click on the screenshot above for more information about the winning proposal of the team ELEMENTAL / Nissan Wentzlaff Studio and our entry as part of the other high-quality submitted designs.
01.05.2024

JARDIN MÉTROPOLE IN “DE 5 À 7”
The third edition of all the “de 5 à 7” on-site events of SIA Bern section between 2021 to 2023 is out and our JARDIN MÉTROPOLE a part of it as we had the opportunity to have our tour in Biel/Bienne last year, on September 5, 2023. You can order the publication via the SIA Bern section website. Click on the picture above to get a copy.
21.02.2024

SAY 23 IN GLARUS
Until the end of this week (Friday, February 23, 2024) our LANDSKRONHOF project, will be shown at Landesbibliothek Glarus, as part of the “SAY 23 – Swiss Architecture Yearbook” travelling exhibition. Have a look, if you are around. The next stop then will be from March 11 – April 2, 2024, at F'AR – Forum d’Architectures, Lausanne.
01.02.2024

LANDSKRONHOF IN ARC MAG
“The Landskronhof interlocks with its context” – Roman Hollenstein in Swiss architecture magazine Arc Mag about our Basel LANDSKRONHOF project. Get a full insight by clicking on the image above.
30.01.2024

BIS – “FROM BUILDING TO CAMPUS”
As part of the 11 high-quality designs which were contributed to the invited international architecture competition the Bank for International Settlement (BIS) launched to develop its Basel headquarters site, our proposal was shown in the public exhibition “From Building to Campus”, January 25 – 30, 2024. Congratulations to ELEMENTAL and Nissan Wentzlaff Studio for their winning entry and thanks to BIS (together with berger + Co.) for the fantastic setup and exhibition design to present all submissions above Basel on the 18th floor of the BIS tower.
19.01.2024

JARDIN MÉTROPOLE INAUGURATED
On Friday, January 19, 2024, our JARDIN MÉTROPOLE 30-metre-high mixed-use tower in the Mett district of Biel/Bienne was inaugurated. With its striking shape, consisting of three cubes of different sizes – placed in alternating orientations on a circular public ground floor – the building acts as a significant landmark and at the same time stands in tradition to the Bieler Volkshaus from 1932 with its famous «Rotonde». Together with the adjoining public green space, the prominently positioned high-rise building on Bärenplatz also makes an important contribution to enhancing the neighbourhood.
12.01.2024

“MOMENTS IN ARCHITECTURE”
Happy New Year! Take your time for a good start into 2024 and visit the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein. Iwan Baan, one of today’s leading photographers of architecture and the built environment, shows its “Moments in Architecture” in his first major œuvre retrospective, including images portraying projects of our office, such as RUTA DEL PEREGRINO at Espinazo del Diablo, in Jalisco, Mexiko.
22.12.2023

HHF 20 YEARS

In the spirit of two decades of unwavering support and trust, we were thrilled to celebrate our jubilee day on Friday, December 15, 2023, with many familiar faces, revelling in joy, good vibes and groovy beats as well as receiving gestures of congratulations, which were much appreciated. It had been an incredible time from 2003 onwards: 20 years of HHF – what a festive anniversary. Dear friends, partners, collaborators and alumni, on to the next exciting office decade!
03.12.2023

SAY 23 IN LUGANO
Our LANDSKRONHOF project as part of the “SAY 23 – Swiss Architecture Yearbook” travelling exhibition is now on tour and with its first stop after the September opener in S AM Basel at Istituto Internazionale di Architettura in Lugano. If you are around, swing by and have a look until January 20, 2024.
20.11.2023

LANDSKRONHOF IN DETAIL
“Clever redensification: 15 apartments with large terraces have been created in an inner Basel courtyard – a redensification that makes you forget the previous size of the small-scale plots of land.” German renowned architecture magazine Detail currently writes about our Basel LANDSKRONHOF project. Get a full insight on Detail's website by clicking the image above.
17.11.2023

“DIALOGTAGE 2023” IN BASEL
Property ownership as part of building culture? “Dialog 34” of “Dialogtage 2023 - Forum Städtebau Basel 2025” will address this and other questions on November 17, 2023, from 2:30 - 4 pm. Simon Frommenwiler, HHF co-founder, as well as four other experts from the property sector and municipal administration, will discuss what conclusions can be drawn from this and to which extent property strategies shape our built environment.
11.11.2023

5TH SHANGHAI FESTIVAL OF DESIGN
As part of a selected group of distinct architects and designers, HHF co-founder Simon Frommenwiler is a keynote speaker within the afternoon panel on November 11, 2 – 5:30 pm, at the 5th Shanghai Festival of Design (FoD). The FoD is an interdisciplinary design exhibition and lecture platform by Design Republic, with the vision to embrace the communal aspect of design to be inclusive and interdisciplinary as well as innovative.
20.10.2023

“PROMISES UPON REQUEST” AT KIT
On a two-day architecture symposium, from October 20 – 21, 2023, at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), organized by the Chair of Architectural Design, Prof. Simon Hartmann (HHF co-founder), an international group of experts from practice and academia brought together to establish a platform for dialogue and debate.
08.09.2023

LANDSKRONHOF IN SAY 23 & S AM
Among 36 selected projects our LANDSKRONHOF courtyard building in Basel is featured in the first annual compendium of Swiss architecture. The “SAY 23 – Swiss Architecture Yearbook 2023/24” was prominently introduced end of the first week of September at the Foyer Public of Basel Theater. Simultaneously a travelling exhibition started in Basel-based “S AM – Swiss Architecture Museum”.
05.09.2023

SIA “DE 5 À 7” IN BIEL/BIENNE
At the beginning of September, we shared our nearly finished JARDIN MÉTROPOLE residential and commercial building with architecture guests and colleagues of the SIA “de 5 à 7” on-site event. Together with our client Vitali’s Generation AG we showed and explained the current status of the project and its development at Bärenplatz in Biel/Bienne.
18.08.2023

HHF OFFICE EXTENSION
Mid of August we welcomed and celebrated our newly opened office extension. Two street numbers south of the existing main space a similar but overall very different backyard opens up not only to the very depth of the plot but also and interestingly exciting to the sky above. We are delighted to use this additional historic and cabrio-like spatial configuration for all kinds of work-related gatherings and get-togethers among our guests and colleagues.
01.06.2023

LANDSKRONHOF IN WBW
«Treasure or bling» – Sarah Barth writes about our LANDSKRONHOF project in the Swiss architecture magazine werk, bauen & wohnen. Follow the link by clicking on the picture above to get to the issue of June 2023.
28.04.2023

LANDSKRONHOF IN DB
«Quality of the inside: Re-densifying multi-storey apartment building in Basel» – Nele Rickmann writes about our LANDSKRONHOF project in the German architecture magazine db – deutsche bauzeitung. Click on the image above to dive into the text.
21.09.2022

Live at Mextrópoli
On Sep 21, 2022 HHF co-founders Simon Hartmann and Simon Frommenwiler were invited for a lecture in Mexixo City at Mextrópoli, the XII Iberoamerican Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism. Under the title of Architectural Topographies the duo presented HHF strategies and methodologies concerning projects in Mexico, France, China and Switzerland to a live audience of circa 2,000 people.

10.07.2022

GOING UP
Jardin Métropole, a competition-winning design by HHF for a 30-meter-high apartment tower in the Biel community of Mett, has now reached its final height. The construction – after being approved by the inhabitants of Biel/Bienne in a public vote – began in June 2021, and is due to be finalised in June 2023.
04.05.2022

Welcome to HHF OPEN OFFICE
On May 13, HHF opens its doors from 12.00-18.00 and YOU are invited! We will show you what we are working on in different scales and environments ranging from institutions and housing complexes to urbanistic masterplans. We also invite you to an apéro with DJ, drinks and our office-made Flammekueche.
HHF Open Office is part of Arkitekturwoche Basel.
Please RSVP to anders@hhf.ch
22.04.2022

Going Green
Landskronhof, a densification project in Basel is nearing completion. Nature is invited in by implementing greenery on the structure and its surroundings through plants and vines climbing the surrounding firewalls of neighbouring garages, as well as on the vertical balcony rods emphasizing the facade.
10.03.2022

AUX ENTREPÔTS IN DB
«Four colours, four buildings: Four townhouses in Renens, Lausanne» – Hubertus Adam writes about our AUX ENTREPÔTS project at Lake Geneva (Suisse romande) in the German architecture magazine db – deutsche bauzeitung. Take a closer look at the content and the article by clicking on the image above.
28.01.2022

Nominee Building of the Year
Aux Entrepôts Housing is a nominee for the ArchDaily 2022 Building of the Year Awards. If you feel like voting for us, press the link.
14.01.2022

STADePARK: New Masterplan

HHF and 2001 win the urban competition for the Wunnquartier Stade in Luxembourg: the project STADePARK is an urban vision for the transformation of the old national stadium of Luxembourg into a resilient neighbourhood and a new park.
21.10.2021

STARLETTE STRASBOURG
Starlette, the first important cornerstone of the urban development Strasbourg Deux-Rives along the Rhine and the harbour, is designed by HHF in collaboration with Dominique Coulon & Associés and Estudio Tatiana Bilbao. The project broke ground in the spring of 2021 and will be completed in 2023.
15.10.2021

HHF Wins AIA Award

The Swiss Consulate Chicago wins at the 2021 AIA Design Excellence Awards a Citation of Merit Award.
01.09.2021

ROS LAB

Our proposal ROS LAB for Rosental Mitte made it into the second jury round. Congratulations to Karamuk Kuo Architekten & HSSP.
03.08.2021

Foundation stone Mett Zentrum
We are happy about the laying of the foundation stone of our mixed use tower "jardin métropole" in Biel.
21.09.2021

IM ORISTAL
The new project Im Oristal offers a large variety of different typologies of micro housing...
28.05.2021

LANDSKRONHOF

The Landskronhof redensification project has reached its full height and will be completed in 2022.
18.06.2021

HOUSE H
House H as seen by Jonathan Sage...
01.04.2021

NEW PROJECT

First prize for a mixed-use building in Uetikon am See. Construction starts in 2023.
26.11.2020

Second phase for Svizra27
We are happy to be selected as a team together with AWP from Paris for the second phase of the competition for the Swiss national exhibition Svizra27.
14.09.2021

Swiss Consulate of Chicago
The widely published Swiss Consulate of Chicago in the amazing John Hancock Center by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. A project in collaboration with Kwong Von Glinow.
07.09.2020

HHF at Harvard GSD
This fall HHF will teach a studio at Harvard University Graduate School of Design on the future of the trade fair industry in Basel...
13.07.2020

HHF sucht dich!
HHF sucht per sofort oder nach Vereinbarung: Praktikant*in
14.05.2020

DE/CODE Talks
Simon Frommenwiler will be the first guest at the De/Code Talk. It's held by the Institut für Architektur of the Technische Universität Berlin. Feel free to join on Friday, May 15th, at 6pm via Zoom!
03.03.2020

Terracing in Strasbourg started
The terracing at the Quai Starlette in Strasbourg has started. We’re looking forward to the development of the building site!
22.01.2020

Inaugural lecture of Simon Hartmann
On January 22nd, Simon Hartmann held his inaugural lecture, titled "Beyond normal", at the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie KIT.
07.10.2019

Les Entretiens de Chaillot
HHF will be giving a public lecture at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris on Monday, October 7th, 19h Auditorium, 7 avenue Albert de Mun. Please feel free to join!
23.08.2019

the Cathedral has disappeared
In the frame of the exhibition '1000 Jahre Basler Münster' HHFs peep-box contribution thematizes the alignment of the Minster façade towards a new public space. Each peep-box contains a visual answer to the question "what would be important to us if the cathedral was lost?"
03.08.2019

KIT SUMMER SCHOOL
First international summer school at KIT hosted by Simon Hartmann and HHF in collaboration with MAIO and KOSMOS architects. The KIT Campus will become a site for building together, thinking together and living together.
03.06.2019

PUZZLE HOUSE
Resulting out of a collaboration between HHF and BIG, the first Puzzle House is a hybrid hovering somewhere between sculpture, architecture, furniture and industrial object.
14.05.2019

3DAYSOFDESIGN

Something HHF & PINK & BIG in the kitchen... See you at 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen. Let's play with the Puzzle House at the Swiss Embassy, a collaboration with Bjarke Ingels Group...
29.11.2018

COLLECTIVE ARCHITECTURE

Today 12:00 pm at Harvard GSD, Stubbins Room, HHF lecture on Collective Architecture by the three partners Tilo Herlach, Simon Hartmann and Simon Frommenwiler...
12.11.2018

YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Simon Hartmann is lecturing at Yale School of Architecture tonight. The lecture takes place at Hastings Hall, 6:30pm. Please join if you happen to be in New Haven.
01.11.2018

PRIX ACIER 2018
The Observatory in Carrières-sous-Poissy has been awarded with the Swiss steel construction prize Prix Acier 2018. Video: Markagefilm, courtesy of SZS
31.10.2018

AUSZEICHNUNG GUTER BAUTEN
HHF's apartment building Byfangweg in Basel, Switzerland has been awarded with the Auszeichnung Guter Bauten 2018 award, the distinction of Kanton Basel-Stadt and Kanton Basel-Landschaft for good architecture.
30.10.2018

LECTURE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Simon Frommenwiler will give a public lecture at AAU School of Architecture tonight at 6pm at the Large Atrium, 601 Brannan Street...
10.09.2018

44 LOW-RESOLUTION HOUSES
We're happy to be part of the 44 Low-resolution Houses exhibition by MOS Architects opening tomorrow September 11, 5:30pm at North Gallery, Princeton University School of Architecture...
28.08.2018

HHF STUDIO AT HARVARD GSD
HHF are happy to start a great new adventure. The three partners Tilo Herlach, Simon Hartmann and Simon Frommenwiler start teaching their 3 year studio at Harvard University Graduate School of Design this week...
20.06.2018

VAN BAERLE-AREAL
HHF wins competition for 3 mixed-use Buildings in Münchenstein near Basel. The program consists family housing, student housing and clusters for apartment-sharing communities....
26.05.2018

LUXEMBOURG PAVILION VENEZIA 2018
The Luxembourg Pavilion at Biennale di Venezia, featuring HHF's Parking and More is open to the public. The Arch+ feature devoted to the Pavilion is available in the exhibition for visitors.
22.05.2018

ADVANCED STUDIO AT YALE

We are happy to announce that Simon Hartmann will teach an advanced studio at Yale School of Architecture this fall...
23.04.2018

STAPELN UND VERBINDEN
The 'Observatoire' in Carrières-sous-Poissy covers Swiss magazine TEC21. Cover Photo: Julien Lanoo.
21.03.2018

CULTURAL BUILDING 2018

AWP and HHF wins the ADC Award for the cultural building of the year, for Poissy Galore, at Archi Design Club Awards 2018 in Paris.
10.03.2018

Workshop in New York

HHF is working together with Tatiana Bilbao Estudio, MOS Architects, DOGMA, MAIO and Dellekamp Arquitectos on a social housing project in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
14.12.2017

SCHWEIZWEIT BORDEAUX

Arc en rêve centre d'architecture, shows "Schweizweit", a visual atlas of current Swiss architecture, produced by S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in co-operation with practices from all regions of Switzerland. Opening December 14, 18:30, with talks by Andreas Ruby and Simon Frommenwiler.
08.11.2017

L'EQUERRE D'ARGENT 2017
We are pleased, that the Insects Museum and Observatory in Carrières-sous-Poissy are among the nominees of the national french "l'Equerre d'argent 2017" award.
16.09.2017

TO BE CONTINUED

HHF is showing an installation on its flexible parking structure "Parking & More" at Chicago Architecture Biennial. The installation consists a wooden model and a series of screen prints, designed in collaboration with graphic designer Jiri Oplatek...
03.08.2017

COVER STORY
The 'Observatoire' in Carrières-sous-Poissy covers Architectural Record 08/2017. Photo: Iwan Baan...
25.07.2017

OFFICIAL OPENING
The Insects Museum and Observatory in Poissy, Paris where officially opened June 24. Enjoy a series of fresh pictures by Iwan Baan, made on this occasion...
30.06.2017

IN LAND AUS LAND
Tonight, 7 pm, you have the chance for a first glimpse of the exhibition "IN LAND AUS LAND. SWISS ARCHITECTS ABROAD" at S AM Swiss Architecture Museum. The exhibition includes HHF's Baby Dragon, Artfarm, Labels II and Dom Revolucije...
Flight over Ruta del Peregrino
Flight over Ruta del Peregrino
21.03.2017

CHART ARCHITECTURE 2017
Chart Architecture 2017 launch at Realdania in Copenhagen, with a panel discussion on 'The Living City' with Bjørnstjerne Christiansen (Artist, SUPERFLEX), Jakob Lange (Architect, BIG), Simon Frommenwiler (Architect, HHF)...
06.03.2017

Chicago Biennial

We're honored to participate to the events second edition: the Chicago Architectural Biennal will be held from September 16 to January 7, 2018.

Explore the full list of architects, artists, and designers...
HHF-Unfinished
20.02.2017

GARTENSTADT 21
Presentation of the results of the study and future laboratory for new guiding principles for urban development in densified metropolitan areas — vision or utopia?
14.02.2017

HOUSE H IS OCCUPIED
House H in Starnberg, Germany, built in collaboration with local architects Jacob & Spreng, is completed and occupied...
16.12.2016

Mies van der Rohe Award
Poissy Galore – Insects Museum is nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award, The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture...
14.12.2016

Domus 1008
HHF and AWP are featured in the latest issue of Domus 10008, now in stores...
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08.12.2016

AUX ENTREPÔTS RENENS
HHF wins the invited competition for the construction of 70 apartments, ateliers and commercial surfaces on the site of Entrepôts in Renens, Lausanne. The project to replace the existing railway storage sheds will be developed by the Swiss Federal Railways Real Estate SBB AG.
HHF Office Walk
HHF Office Walk
01.12.2016

El Croquis 187
Well Into the 21st Century — Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Guillermo Fernandez-Abascal reflect on the current political re-engagement of our discipline. HHF Architects are honored to be part of that chart and happy to engage in the discussion among contemporary emerging architectural practices.
HHF Architects Monograph
12.10.2016

KAFE 2016, LITHUANIA
Simon Frommenwiler will give a public lecture on the occasion of the Lithuanian Architecture Festival KAFe 2016 in Kaunas on Thursday, October 13th, 19h...
19.09.2016

L'ARCHITECTURE D'AUJOURD'HUI 414
HHF is featured with an office portrait in the new issue of the french architecture magazine L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui.
09.08.2016

Museo de Antioquia Medellin
Simon Hartmann and Simon Frommenwiler are giving a speech on "Unfinished" at Museo de Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia...
04.08.2016

VII FORO ARGOS 360° EN CONCRETO

Simon Hartmann and Simon Frommenwiler speak in Bogotá at the VII Foro Argos 360° en Concreto...
29.05.2016

SIA DAYS
On Sunday May 29, House C is open to the public and can be visited for the first time. Opening hours are 10am – 12pm and 2pm – 4pm, for directions please visit the following link…
12.05.2016

SOFT SPACES
HHF Architects will be tutors of the 4th International Summer School of Architecture, organized by the School of Architecture and design, University American College Skopje. Summer school will take place in Ohrid, from June 25th – July 2nd 2016.
09.05.2016

BOCHUM SUMMER TALKS
Simon Frommenwiler talks at the Summer Talks of Bochum University of Applied Sciences on Thursday May 12th at 6pm. Please join!
Unterfeld
19.04.2016

PIN—UP ON POISSY
In the summer 2016 Garden Variety issue of PIN–UP Magazine, Andrew Ayers talks about the Poissy museum and observatory as subtle architectural makeover of a former wasteland….
House C Time Lapse
House C Time Lapse
14.04.2016

HHF BALKANS TRIP

The HHF team on architectural discovery tour in the Balkans...
04.05.2016

BSA OPEN HOUSE
Almost finished: Byfangweg is open to the public on Wednesday, May 5th, 5pm…
Parking & More
Construction of the Insects Museum, Parc Poissy, Paris
11.03.2016

HOME OF REVOLUTION
HHF Architects and Sadar + Vuga have won a competition to adapt and reconstruct Montenegro's Dom Revolucije, a monument to Socialist revolution that has lain unfinished and derelict for almost 30 years…
Weggishof
03.03.2016

SYMPOSIUM ON PEDAGOGY
Simon Hartmann is participating at the symposium on pedagogy in architectural education...
30.10.2015

SWISS ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
HHF wins the Swiss Architecture Award for Lichtstrasse!
14.09.2015

CENTRE POMPIDOU
Tomorrow, September 15, opening of "Une Histoire Art, Architecture, Design" including HHF's Ruta contribution to the Centre Pompidou collection...
Restaurant Lichtstrasse
Exhibition by HHF on 100 Years of Art in Cartoon
Exhibition by HHF on 100 Years of Art in Cartoon
03.09.2014

HHF—UNFINISHED
Friday, September 12, 2014, 7pm
Architekturgalerie Munich
OpenArt Talk and Party with Guests

Talk with Tilo Herlach, Simon Hartmann, Simon Frommenwiler, Mathieu Wellner, Johannes Ernst and Freek Persyn...