Dado

valerio Olgiati has worked as an architect in Los Angeles, Zurich, and, since 2008, in Flims. Since 2002 he has been professor at the Accademia di architettura in Mendrisio and since autumn 2009 he has held the Kenzo Tange Chair at Harvard. He has been a visiting professor at the Eidgen ssische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, the AA in London, and at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

The Olgiati's family estate is located in the historical town center of Flims. The unmistakable straight lines and independence of his buildings has brought him international attention. Rudolf Olgiati (1910-95) purchased the property, known as Dado, in 1930 and throughout his life used it to realize his architectural thoughts and ideas.

Today, the son is living in his father's house, and in 2008 he set up his much-admired architectural firm on the former site