Arnulf Lüchinger

Arnulf Lüchinger (born 22 February 1941 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss-Dutch architect, author and editor of architectural publications. He recognized Structuralism in architecture as a new trend and launched it internationally. Since 1970 he has lived with his family in The Hague.

Life Architecture education Arnulf Lüchinger attended the evening classes at the University of Applied Sciences in St. Gallen and graduated in 1968. The book Structuralism Reloaded from this symposium was published in 2011 with 47 articles by international authors, including an article by Lüchinger.

Architectural office and architectural publisher Already during the education in Delft and afterwards Lüchinger worked freelance in The Hague, in the combination of architecture office and architecture publisher (Arch-Edition). From his completed buildings, the two residential buildings in St. Gallenkappel received publicity in international magazines, in the German-language magazine 12/1977 and in the Japanese magazine Architecture and Urbanism 2/1979 with the title "Contemporary Houses of the World". Lüchinger wrote (according to the view of an architecture critic): "I came upon Structuralism as an architectural movement through an interest in the visual arts, in painting, sculpture and architecture. The built examples shown here are thus selected for their artistic quality as well as for the degree to which the ideological precepts of the new movement were realised." Lüchinger’s interest in fine arts is also expressed in the fact that he attended the evening classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague and graduated in 2007. was also involved. In 1976 he commissioned Arnulf Lüchinger to write a book on structuralism after the theme number "Strukturalismus" in Bauen+Wohnen 1/1976 had been well received in the professional world. - With regard to the naming of the new trend, various terms already existed before 1974, but only sporadically and without reference to an international architectural movement. The new terms were published in the following languages: German 1958, French 1964, English 1970, etc.

Publications (selection) His publications include: 1974 - Article: "Structuralism",

Awards Book: Herman Hertzberger 1959-86 - Buildings and Projects, , World Biennale of Architecture 1987 in Sofia, Award at the exhibition of architecture books with the quote: Gold Medal "Herman Hertzberger" by Arnulf Lüchinger.