Architekturgalerie Luzern

The Architecture Gallery Lucerne has existed since 1983, making it the oldest architecture gallery in Switzerland. It is an institution anchored in Lucerne and Central Switzerland and has gained national and international renown through its work over the years. The Architekturgalerie Luzern has dedicated itself to conveying high-quality architecture and thus acts as an active "shop window" and communication platform. The target audience is architects and engineers, those interested in architecture and culture, as well as authorities and politicians.

In addition to the classic representation of architecture, cross-relationships, backgrounds and peripheral areas of architectural creativity are also shown. Furthermore, the architecture gallery also fulfills the functions assigned to it by the foundation in the area of documentation and further education. Comparatively minimal funds are available for the realizations; Without the support of sponsors and patrons, the projects would not be possible.

One or two events take place each year. The 'slow' rhythm is for care. The quality and topicality of the architects in an international, national or regional context is decisive for the presentation. The architecture gallery operates in the non-profit sector. The team at the Architekturgalerie works on a voluntary basis. All external contributions from sponsors and patrons flow into projects.

The architects have the opportunity to individually respond to the respective exhibition space of the architecture gallery and to react to it. This is used to develop actual room projects. In this way, the working methods of the architects are conveyed directly – in addition to the representative exhibits. The exhibitions are accompanied by events (e.g. panel discussions, lectures and the like) and catalogs to supplement and expand the topics. In addition to exhibitions, conferences or pure book projects are also organised.

The Edition Architectural Gallery
The exhibitions and events are accompanied by catalogs to supplement and expand the themes. Since 1989, catalogs that are sophisticated in terms of printing technology, content and editing have been produced. The aim is to document the contents of the exhibitions and to provide contributions for a competent and high-quality architectural discussion. Individual catalogs have become true 'classics' and are only available in antiquarian bookshops.

The catalogs all have the same format and thus – as an edition – form a series. The exhibiting architects are given the greatest possible freedom with regard to the content and design of the catalogue. More than 20 catalogs and other productions have been realized so far.