Jürg Conzett

Jürg Conzett (born 28 September 1956) is a Swiss civil engineer known for designing bridges.

Jürg Conzett was born on 28 September 1956 in Aarau, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.

His father was a surveyor.

Conzett cites Swiss cartographer Eduard Imhof as an early influence.

In 1975 Conzett began studying civil engineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and ETH Zurich, gaining his diploma in 1980.

From 1980 until 1987 he worked in the office of Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.

Between 1987 and 2004 he lectured on timber construction at the Fachhochschule Graubünden (Graubünden University of Applied Sciences).

After studying at the ETH Zurich and working for architect Peter Zumthor, Conzett started his own civil engineering office in 1988.

Perhaps his best known works are a series of three pedestrian bridges located on the trail of the Viamala in Switzerland.

Though many of Conzett's works are in Switzerland, he has designed bridges elsewhere.

In 1988 Conzett started his own civil engineering office in Haldenstein.

In 1992 the office became Branger & Conzett AG, and in 1996 Branger Conzett und Partner AG.

Another noteworthy project is the Mehrzweckhalle Vrin, a multipurpose hall built in Vrin in 1995 and designed in collaboration with architect Gion A. Caminada.

Another is a school building in Grono designed with architect Raphael Zuber or the collaboration with the Austrian office Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten for a music center in Liechtenstein.

In 1998 Conzett partnered with Gianfranco Bronzini and Patrick Gartmann to form Conzett Bronzini Gartmann AG in Chur.

One such bridge— a pedestrian and cycle vertical-lift bridge spanning 36.5 m over the Coupure canal in Bruges, Belgium, and built in 2002—was even named the Conzettbrug (Conzett Bridge) in his honor.

It collapsed in December 2023.

Conzett collaborates with architects and other building professionals on building projects.

One such project is St Benedict's Chapel, Sumvitg, with his colleague Jürg Buchli, according to the design of architect Peter Zumthor.

Gartmann left the firm in 2015, and its name changed to Conzett Bronzini Partner AG.

Conzett is chairman of the board of directors and in charge of building and bridge construction projects at Conzett Bronzini Partner AG.

In 2015 he was a visiting professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Perhaps Conzett's best known works are a series of three pedestrian bridges located on the trail of the Viamala.

Though many of Conzett's works are in Switzerland, he has designed bridges elsewhere.

He is also interested in and inspired by the Baroque, such as works by the Grubenmann brothers, 18th-century Swiss engineers.