Switzerland's most prestigious design competition has announced its 2025 winners, with the Zurich Children's Hospital by Herzog & de Meuron, the EMpower soccer jersey by Naomi Eggli and Dagna Salwa, and the Bondo II protective structures by Mavo and Müller Illien taking home the coveted Golden Rabbit awards. The ceremony took place at a packed Museum of Design Zurich, where the country's best projects in architecture, design, and landscape architecture were honored.
Basel-based architects Herzog & de Meuron claimed double recognition, winning both the Golden Rabbit for the Zurich Children's Hospital and the Public Choice Award in the architecture category. The Zurich Children's Hospital, commissioned by the Eleonoren Foundation, represents excellence in healthcare architecture design. Similarly, the Bern and Brig-based firm Extrā secured two trophies for their Weg Wüehr project in Fiesch, earning both the Bronze Rabbit and the Public Choice Award in landscape architecture.
In the architecture category, the silver award went to the Office for Consumer Protection in Unterentfelden, Aargau Canton, designed by Markus Schietsch Architects for the Canton of Aargau. The bronze architecture award was claimed by Bureau from Geneva and Lisbon for the Phare Ylliam project in Cologny, Geneva, commissioned by the Geneva Nautical Society.
The design category saw remarkable innovation with the Golden Rabbit-winning EMpower soccer jersey by Zurich-based designers Naomi Eggli and Dagna Salwa. This project was developed in partnership with Unia and Ensoie in Zurich, along with Brava, Inaya, Football Can Do More, and Amnesty International. The silver design award went to Carlo Clopath from Trin-Mulin for his Meander room divider, while Hanieh Rashid from Lausanne earned bronze for her speculative object and film "Eternal Us."
Landscape architecture recognition featured the Golden Rabbit-winning Bondo II protective structures, a collaborative effort between Zurich-based Mavo and Müller Illien, commissioned by the Bergell Municipality. The silver award in this category went to Krebs and Herde from Winterthur for the Ueberlandpark in Zurich, a project commissioned jointly by the Federal Roads Office (ASTRA), Canton of Zurich, and City of Zurich.
The Senn Young Architecture Prize, known as "The Rabbit," was awarded to Studio Romano Tiedje from St. Gallen for their multi-family house on Sittertalstrasse, commissioned by the HausenWohnen Foundation. This special recognition highlights emerging talent in Swiss architecture.
Public Choice Awards were also distributed across all three categories. In design, Billboard by Créatrices.ch captured public attention, while Herzog & de Meuron's Hortus office building won in architecture. The landscape architecture public choice went to the previously mentioned Weg Wüehr project by Extrā.
All award-winning projects will be showcased at the Museum of Design Zurich, located at Ausstellungsstrasse 60, from December 2, 2025, through January 4, 2026. The exhibition will be open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM, with extended Thursday hours until 8 PM. The museum will be closed on Mondays, December 24-25, and January 1. Additionally, the December issue of Hochparterre magazine will feature detailed presentations of all winning projects, with comprehensive coverage available online at www.hochparterre.ch/diebesten, including jury and winner statements.
