Henri Dubuis

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Henri Dubuis, born November 4, 1906 in Bellinzona Ravecchia Canton Ticino in Switzerland, died January 13, 2003 in Biel-Bienne, was a Swiss architect. He completed an apprantice as a mason before he studied architecture. Henri Dubuis is the grandfather of the American architect and curtain wall designer Jean-Pierre Kocher.

[edit] Career

In collaboration with Eduard Lanz he designed and built the Volkshaus in Biel-Bienne in 1932. Which to this day stands as a symbol for the power of the workers in Switzerland during the 1930s. In 1936 he established his own practice, first in Biel-Bienne and later in Evilard, Canton Bern.