Jost-Franz Huwyler-Boller (1874 – 1930) was a Swiss architect from

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who built several famous hotels.

Career

Jost Franz Huwyler-Boller is best known as the architect of the historic Kurhaus Hotel in Bergün, GR. This grand hotel was designed following the

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style. The hotel was built from 1905 to 1907. It was awarded the "Historical Hotel of the Year" in 2012 by ICOMOS. He also designed the Cresta Palace Hotel in

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(

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), the Schweizerhof Hotel in

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and the former Hotel Reber au Lac in

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External References

ICOMOS Historical Hotel - Kurhaus Berguen
(in German)

References

1874 births 1930 deaths Architects from Zurich Modernist architects Art Nouveau architects {{Switzerland-architect-stub