Andreas Fries

Andreas Fries is a Senior Partner at Herzog & de Meuron. He has led a number of local and international projects of varying typologies, including Stadtcasino, Helvetia Campus and Asklepios 8 in Basel; Titlis 3020 in Engelberg; Vitra Schaudepot in Weil am Rhein, Germany; Feltrinelli Porta Volta and Museo della Resistenza in Milan, Italy; Mandarin Oriental Palazzo Cristallo in Cortina d’Ampezzo, and Mandarin Oriental Lago di Como in Blevio, Italy; Grand Canal Museum in Hangzhou, China; and Iglesia El Punto in Ciudad Juarez, and Monterrey House, Monterrey, Mexico. Additionally, he was also highly involved in the design of the Bélair-Monange winery in Saint-Émilion, France and SongEun Art Space in Seoul, South Korea. Alongside his project work, Andreas is part of Herzog & de Meuron’s Strategic Board.

Andreas is a member of the Federation of Swiss Architects BSA/FSA. Based on his experience working with heritage buildings, he was nominated as a member of the Basel Historical Buildings and Monuments Council in 2021. He is a member of both the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Art and Design in Basel and the Advisory Board of the Fondazione Canova ETS in Montecrestese. Andreas has been teaching at the YAC Academy in Bologna, Italy, since 2021.

Andreas graduated from ETH with a Master of Architecture in 2002, with exchanges at the EPFL Lausanne and the Politecnico di Milano, Italy.