Martin Burckhardt

Martin Burckhardt, born on 5 March 1921 in Basel and died on 6 February 2007 in the same city, was a Swiss architect and politician, member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was a member of the National Council from 1987 to 1991.

He is the architect of the Tower of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel.

Biography

Family and background Martin Heinrich Burckhardt, also known as Burckhardt-Henrici., was born in Basel on 5 March 1921. His father was the architect Karl August Burckhardt (1879-1960), from an old Basel patrician family;

In 1952, he married Veronika Henrici, the daughter of a Basel lawyer.

Basel: the Bank for International Settlements Tower, the Old Town and the Rhine.

Martin Burckhardt built the Biozentrum inter-faculty institute at the University of Basel from 1967 to 1970, the BIS-Tower of the Bank for International Settlements from 1972 to 1976 and the Nestlé Research Centre in Lausanne from 1980 to 19872.

In 1968, he designed the Sandoz-France headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison, in collaboration with Bernard Zehrfuss, assisted by Jean Prouvé.

Politics From 1984 to 1988, he was chairman of the Basel section of the Liberal Democratic Party.

This fund is managed by the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft (FAG).

Works (selection)

Architecture

Verwaltungsgebäude und Kantine, Geigy, Werk Rosental, Basel, 1954–66 Warenhaus Pfauen, Coop, Basel, 1959–63 Wasserstelzenschulhaus, Riehen, 1961–1964 Fabrikations- und Lagergebäude, Thomi und Franck, Horburg, 1963–67 Bürogebäude, Burckhardt Architekten, Basel, 1962–62 Soleeindampfungsanlage, Rheinsalinen Schweizerhalle, Pratteln, 1965–66 Hauptsitz Sandoz-France, Paris, Frankreich, 1965–68 Hauptsitz Sandoz, São Paulo, Brasilien, 1965–68 Aquarium und Vivarium, Zoologischer Garten Basel, 1967–69 Laborgebäude Pharma und Farben, Sandoz, Basel, 1967–71 Forschungszentrum Sandoz, Wien, 1967–70 Biozentrum, Universität Basel, 1967–70 Bürogebäude Sandoz, Barcelona, 1969–70 Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich BIZ, Basel, 1972–76 Forschungszentrum Nestlé Nahrungsmittel, Vers-chez-les-Blanc VD, 1980–87 Verwaltungsgebäude Schweizerischer Bankverein, Basel, 1980–88 Modehaus Spengler, Münchenstein, 1988–91 Erweiterungsgebäude Universität Zürich, 3. und 4. Etappe, 1989–94, 1992–97 Informatikgebäude R-1008 der Ciba-Geigy, Basel 1989–91 Alters- und Pflegeheim Schöntal, Füllinsdorf 1990–91 Bogn Engiadina, Therme, Scuols 1990–92 Bürogebäude Hatt-Haller AG, Dietikon 1991–94 Radio Studio, Zürich, Um- und Neubau 1992–94 Verwaltungsgebäude Basler Lebensversicherung, 1993–94 Leonhard-Schulhaus, Basel 1995–98

Literature M. H. Burckhardt, Baulust, autopublishing, 2000, Bâle (Mémoires).