Fritz Haller

• Born in Solothurn on 23 October1924.

• 1941-1943 Vocational apprenticeship

• 1943-1948 Employed by various architects in Switzerland

• 1948/49 employed by Van Tijen and Maaskant in Rotterdam

• From 1949 self-employed architect in Solothurn, together with his father Bruno Haller until 1962. 1956 Admission to the BSA, Association of Swiss Architects

• 1966-1971 Temporary guest professor at the Building Research Institute of Konrad Wachsmann, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

• 1974 Honorary Professor, University of Stuttgart

• 1977 Full Professor University of Karlsruhe, Head of the Institute for Industrial Building Production (until 1990 Institute for Building Design)

• 1992 Honorary doctorate in engineering from the University of Dortmund.

• 2012 Prof. Fritz Haller passed away on 15.10.2012.

Most important buildings completed

1951-1954 Wasgenring Primary School, Basel (project)
1959, 1987 Neighbourhood school, Solothurn
1957-1960 School Bellach near Solothurn
1958-1962 Secondary school Wasgenring, Basel
1960-1964 Cantonal School, Baden
1961-1963, 1971, 1979, 1987 USM plant, Münsingen
1962-1966 Technical college, Brugg-Windisch
1963-1965, 1975, 1985, 1990 Machine manufacturing, Bellach
1967/68 Piguet residential building, Lostorf
1968/69, 1986 Schärer residence, Münsingen
1970/71 Fässler residence, Möringen
1970/71, 1972, 1980, 1985, 1990 Mikron machine factory, Boudry
1976/77 Hafter residence, Solothurn
1978-1982 SBB training centre Löwenberg, Murten (with A.Barth and H. Zaugg)
1982/83, 1987 USM plant, Bühl (Germany)
1990/91 Garden centre Wyss, Aarau
1984-1993 Extension of the cantonal school, Solothurn

Most important projects
1970 Teaching and research centre ETHL Dorigny with A.Barth and H. Zaugg
1970 Planning of the Biel Centre (Biel 2000)
1986 Braun plant, Melsungen (Germany)
1988 Media Center Halensee, Berlin
1989 Stuag factory yards