AI Magazine Issue 9 2018

52 Acquisition International - Issue 9 2018 Established in 1997, Concept Consult Architectes is a specialised architecture and design firm in Switzerland. Earlier this year, Concept were announced among the winners of the esteemed Global Excellence Awards with the title of 2018’s Most Outstanding Industrial Architecture Firm in Switzerland. On the back of this, and eager to find out more about this innovative firm, we profiled Concept Consult to see how they have maintained their standard of excellence over two decades of operation. oncept Consult Architectes celebrate the intricacies of industrial design. They embrace space to evoke a freedom in design and are experts in creating visually interesting projects from the ground up. They work on a large scale, reinventing expectations for corporate and commercial design. From traditional brickwork, to the avant-garde and futuristic, Concept have excelled regardless of the nature of the client’s design brief and vision. In the last couple of years, they have expressed an undeniable talent for post-modern style, most notably in their work for Nestlé. In “The Nest”, they have mastered the equilibrium within complexity and contradiction, balancing the need to be architecturally stimulating with an asymmetrical flair. Concept want their work to be admired, discussed Company: Concept Consult Architectes Address: Galerie St. François A, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland Website: concept-consult.ch Telephone: +41 21 351 30 50 Embracing Post- Modern and Traditional Industrial Design C 1805AI63 and debated. Their facades invite and delight with their carefully-considered elements – regardless of the material used or scale. At the heart of the firm is a demand to treat every client with the same degree of dedication, whether their project is a multi-million-pound construction, or a residential transformation. The client remains at the very centre of the project, consulted and kept informed. These clients range from the largest conglomerates to families and Concept, in a rare display, manages to tackle the very individual demands of both with aplomb. Over their forty industrial projects, Concept have created a portfolio without equal. For this, they were named as the Most Outstanding Industrial Architecture Firm in Switzerland by Acquisition International Magazine. The Global Excellence Awards were launched to recognise the very best businesses around the world who were breaking the mould and pushing the boundaries of their industries. Without doubt, Concept Consult Architectes fulfil this criterion, as experts in industrial design, and trusted partner to leading European corporate institutions. “From traditional brickwork, to the avant-garde and futuristic, Concept have excelled regardless of the nature of the client’s design brief and vision.”