Throughout his long association with the Foundation, Harry played an active role in its programmes and juries. He chaired the Holcim Foundation Awards jury for Europe (2008 and 2017), led the Global Innovation Prize jury (2012), and served as a jury member for Latin America (2014 and 2020) and North America (2017). He also contributed to the Holcim Forums as a workshop moderator, addressing themes including compact cities, planetary urbanisation and the relationship between material demand and environmental impact. From 2010 to 2019, he was also a member of the Foundation’s Academic Committee.

Harry founded Harry Gugger Studio in 2010. The practice works across a broad range of scales, with a strong focus on urban research and design informed by his academic work at EPFL. Appointed tenured professor in 2005, he directed the Laboratory Basel (laba), which focused on territorial, urban and architectural design until his retirement in 2020. Under his leadership, the laboratory curated Bahrain’s national pavilion “Reclaim” at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010, which received the Golden Lion.

Earlier in his career, Harry collaborated with Herzog & de Meuron for 19 years, becoming a partner from 1991 to 2009. During this period, he contributed to major international projects including CaixaForum Madrid and the Tate Modern Extension in London. His design for the Laban Dance Centre in London was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2003, and he received the Swiss Art Award Prix Meret Oppenheim in 2004.

Harry Gugger began his professional path as a toolmaker’s apprentice before studying architecture at ETH Zurich and later at Columbia University in New York. He has held visiting and examining roles at institutions including the Hochschule für Architektur und Bauwesen in Weimar and the Architectural Association in London.