Werner M. Moser

Werner Max Moser (16 July 1896 – 19 August 1970) was a Swiss architect and a proponent of modernist architecture. His notable works include the Kongresshaus (Zurich), Cantonal Hospital (Zurich), and the campus of IIT Kharagpur (India). Moser founded the Haefeli Moser Steiger (HMS) office community for architectural design projects in Zurich and established the Wohnbedarf interior design studio.

Education and early career Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, Moser studied architecture at ETH Zurich from 1916 to 1921. While there, he undertook a semester at the Technical University of Stuttgart under Paul Bonatz, Adolf Abel, and Ernst Fiechter.

Moser worked in Rotterdam for 2 years at the firm of Granpré Molière, Verhagen, and Kok.

In the 1930s, Moser participated in urban planning studies with the Zurich CIAM group and in important exhibitions on modern school building (, 1933) and modern bathing culture (, 1934–1935) at the Museum of Design in Zurich.

Death and Legacy In later projects, Moser and HMS gravitated towards the construction of office spaces, an example of which is the 14-story high-rise , built in collaboration with architect André M. Studer (1959–1964).