Matei Manaila, director / owner
Dipl. Architect ETH
mm@manaila.com

Michael Buschor
Dipl. Architect ETH
mb@manaila.com

Jacky Han
Architect MArch KADK
jh@manaila.com

Rachel Herbst
Dipl. Architect ETH
rh@manaila.com

Céline Ziegler
Apprentice
cz@manaila.com

Savvas Ciriacidis
Daniel Deimel
Bettina Dobler
Dario Egli
Manuel Frey
Kathrin Füglister
Niklaus Gysi
Kasia Jackowska
Nicolo Kreis
Aline Meier
Claudio Meletta
Ursin Niederberger
Petra Pfaff
Jovanka Rakic
Luis Villalaz
Francesco Zorzi
Florin Lang
Andrea Curiger
Ilaria Scalzo
Ella Castellani
Henning Pfaltz
Leopold Strobl
Julian Wäckerlin

Should you be interested in working for Matei Manaila Architekten, please send your job application, CV and work samples per e-mail (file format: PDF) or by post.

2017 – 2021
Lecturer Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

2011
Lecturer master thesis ST 2011, ETH Zurich
Established 'Matei Manaila Architekten Ltd.'

2008 – 2010
Diploma Assistant with Prof. Christian Kerez
ETH Zurich

2005
Established 'Matei Manaila Dipl. Architekt ETH/SIA' (sole-proprietor enterprise)

2000 – 2005
Collaborator / Project Manager of Herzog & de Meuron AG, Basel

1997 – 2000
Collaborator of Stählin Helle Kämpfer ArchitektInnen ETH/SIA, Zurich
Collaborator of Giuliani & Hönger Architekten BSA/SIA, Zurich

1996 – 1997
Collaborator of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta), ETH Zurich

1996
Architecture Diploma, ETH Zurich

1990 – 1996
Studied at ETH Zurich

'Auszeichnung guter Bauten im Kanton Zug 2006 – 2015' (honorable mention)
Residential buildings in the castle park, Central Switzerland

'Auszeichnung guter Bauten im Kanton Zug 2006 – 2015' (honorable mention)
Conversion of the 'Cock's Tower', Central Switzerland

'best architects 13' award
Conversion of the 'Cock's Tower', Central Switzerland

Hochparterre
Special issue 'Zuger Landschaften'
May 2015
'Perlen am See'

swiss architects
eMagazin No. 42 / 13
Bau der Woche
'Umbau Güggelturm'

best architects 13 award
'Umbau Güggelturm, Cham'

Zeppelin. Oras. Societate. Tehnologie.
No. 108 / October 2012
'Mobilier-structura. Furniture-space.
Conversia Güggelturm, Cham, Elvetia.'

hochparterre.wettbewerbe
No. 3 / June 2011
Neubau Stadtarchiv Luzern, 5th Prize
'Compactus'

Tec21
No. 22 / May 27th, 2011
Neues Stadtarchiv für Luzern, 5th Prize
'Compactus(2)'

Die Schreiner Zeitung
No. 18 / May 5th, 2011
'Modernes Design im alten Turm.
Der Güggelturm beim Schloss Cham'

werk, bauen+wohnen
No. 3 / 2010
'Botox für Bond.
Umbau Villa und Nebenhaus in Engelberg'

Photography:
Dominique Marc Wehrli
Karin Gauch, Fabien Schwartz
Service des biens culturels de l’Etat de Fribourg (Alain Kilar)
Matei Manaila Architekten

Visualization:
Matei Manaila Architekten

Website programming:
Joshua Aaron Herbst

Website graphics:
Rachel Sarah Herbst

Website editing:
Evelyn Steiner

English translations:
Suzanne Leu

Contact:
Matei Manaila Architekten GmbH
Eibenstrasse 9
CH–8045 Zürich