Schultze Samuel

Grad. Architect ETH/SIA, Partner, Head of Basel site, CEO

Samuel Schultze studied architecture and urban development at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and obtained his diploma in 1983 from Professor Dolf Schneebeli.
In 1996/97, he completed the General Management course at the WWZ Centre for Economics of the University of Basel.

In 1985, he joined the Muttenz branch of Burckhardt+Partner AG as a young design architect where he was initially responsible for various planning projects and competitions.

Since 1994, he has been in charge of a department in Basel which today has around 50 planning and building experts responsible for numerous successful planning and realisation projects involving demanding buildings.

He has been a member of the company management since 1993 where his responsibilities include overriding architectural themes, marketing and further training. As a former long-standing member of the Basel Cityscape Commission, as President of the Townscape Commission Riehen, as President or Member of the Architectural Jury as well as in his capacity as Board Member of the Basel Building Forum, he is also ideally familiarised with current urban development themes and planning matters. In addition he is President of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Architecture Museum.