Henri Dubuis

Henri Dubuis
Born	(1906-11-04)November 4, 1906 Bellinzona, Canton Ticino, Switzerland
Died	January 13, 2003(2003-01-13) (aged 96) Biel/Bienne
Nationality	Swiss
Occupation	Architect

Henri Dubuis (born November 4, 1906 in Bellinzona Ravecchia Canton Ticino, Switzerland, died January 13, 2003 in Biel/Bienne), was a Swiss architect. He completed an apprenticeship as a mason before he studied architecture. Henri Dubuis is the grandfather of the American (born Swiss, 1972) architect and façade engineer JP Kocher.

Career

After graduation from the Ecole Technique Superieure in Lausanne, he worked at Le Corbusier's office in Paris, France for six years. First as an architecture apprentice and later as a collaborateur. Upon his return to Switzerland in 1931, in collaboration with Eduard Lanz, he designed and built the Volkshaus in Biel/Bienne in 1932. In 1936 he established his own practice, first in Biel/Bienne and later in Evilard, Canton of Berne.

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