Other notable projects by him include the House for the Musician/Atelier Bardill in Scharans,[3] the Villa Além in Alentejo,[4] the UNESCO World Heritage Bahrain Pearling Trail Visiting Center in Muharraq,[5] and the Baloise Insurance Building in Basel.

[10] Architect Christian Kerez investigated the limits of referentiality and speaks of "non-referential space" as a quality of his contribution for the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2016.

Olgiati mentioned that the most important step for his formation as an architect was his temporary emigration to Los Angeles, and not his upbringing in a specific culture, country, or landscape, nor was it his architectural education.

[17] Olgiati has said that he believes that only basic insight from the experience of space can move the architecture of the present time within its highly heterogeneous society.

[19] Among other venues, his work has been the subject of single exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, and at the Former Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City.