Henri Dubuis (November 4, 1906 in Bellinzona Ravecchia Canton Ticino, Switzerland – 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) architect, façade engineer, and conceptual artist 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, collaborating with the architect Eduard Lanz, he designed and built the Volkshaus in Biel/Bienne in 1932.

Henri Dubuis

Following the successful completion of the Volkshaus, and in collaboration with his wife Marguerite Dubuis (née Allemand) he established his own architecture practice in 1936, initially located in Biel/Bienne and then in Evilard, Canton of Berne.

Henri Dubuis

1906 births

2003 deaths

Architects from Ticino

Swiss architects

People from Biel/Bienne

People from Bellinzona

Henri Dubuis