[1] Annette Gigon graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich in 1984.

Between their noticeable examples are the office high-rise Prime Tower in Zurich, the Würth Haus Rorschach, and the remodeling of the Löwenbräu-Areal.

Gigon and Guyer are most widely known for their museum designs, but also construct many office, public, and residential buildings.

It was created to house the art of German expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and was the first major commission of Gigon and Guyer.

[7] This extension was planned and executed from 1993 to 1995 and was built to create additional space onto the existing museum for the next decades.

Since the construction of this skyscraper on the western outskirts of Zurich, the population in the area has increased by 4,000 and the number of jobs by 10,000.