Beat Rothen Architektur GmbH

What Beat Rothen Architektur GmbH does

Beat Rothen Architektur GmbH is a Swiss architecture firm founded in 1989 by Beat Rothen and headquartered at Lagerplatz 21 in Winterthur, with a secondary office in Romanshorn. The firm delivers five core service lines: Wohnungsbau (residential housing design, including multi-family developments and cooperatives), Gewerbe (commercial buildings, offices, and production facilities), Sanierung/Umbau (renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse including heritage work), EFH (single-family home design), and Städtebau (urban planning studies and master planning). Its portfolio includes more than 40 completed projects, of which the most prominent are the 96-apartment Wohnüberbauung Kornhaus-/Rötelstrasse in Zurich, Gewerbehaus Noerd in Zurich-Oerlikon, the KEDA culinary training center renovation in Stans, and the Schlossmühle-Wohnen residential development in Frauenfeld.

The firm operates a project-based professional services revenue model, billing clients per engagement for design, planning, project management, and construction oversight; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market is sales-led and direct, combining participation in architectural competitions with targeted outreach to private developers, Gemeinnützige Wohnbaugenossenschaft Winterthur and other housing cooperatives, insurance/financial firms such as SWICA Versicherungen AG, foundations including Stiftung Abendrot and Dr. Stephan à Porta-Stiftung, and public institutions, primarily in the Zurich and Winterthur regions of Switzerland. The team comprises approximately 7–9 members, including founders/partners and project architects, supported by a recurring set of specialist partners for construction management (René Gasser Architekturbüro), building physics (BWS Bauphysik AG), and landscape architecture (Rotzler Krebs Partner).

The leadership is founder-owned: Beat Rothen (Dipl. Architekt ETH/SIA/BSA, admitted to Bund Schweizer Architekten in 2001, ZHAW lecturer 2007–2022), Birgit Rothen (Dipl.-Ing. Architektin U SIA, previously at Studio Daniel Libeskind, managing director since 2008), and Ralph Oswald (Dipl. Ing. Architekt BUW, on the executive team since 2022). The firm has accumulated seven industry awards from 2001 through 2025, most recently Ausgezeichneter Wohnungsbau 2025 from Callwey GMBH, and maintains a publicly disclosed project pipeline through 2026. The entity is a privately held Swiss GmbH with no parent company, subsidiaries, external investors, or venture funding.

Name

Beat Rothen Architektur GmbH

Legal name

Rothen Architektur GmbH

Website

https://rothen-architektur.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Beat Rothen Architektur GmbH is a Winterthur, Switzerland-based architecture firm founded in 1989, specializing in residential housing, commercial buildings, renovation, and urban planning for private developers, housing cooperatives, foundations, and institutional clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Residential Remodelers (236118)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Custom Home Building (IMAFABAC), Architectural Reconfiguration & Structural Alterations (HSAPAEAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Residential housing design
• Building renovation services
• Urban planning studies
• Commercial architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Winterthur

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional architecture services billed on a project basis, including design, planning, project management, and construction oversight for residential, commercial, and renovation projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Beat Rothen Architektur GmbH provides professional architectural design services covering residential housing developments, commercial buildings, single-family homes, renovation and adaptive reuse, and urban planning studies. The firm delivers design, planning, and construction oversight on a project basis primarily to private developers, housing cooperatives, foundations, and public institutions in the Zurich/Winterthur region of Switzerland.

Product overview

Beat Rothen Architektur GmbH is an architecture firm offering comprehensive architectural services. The firm specializes in residential housing design (Wohnungsbau), commercial building design (Gewerbe), renovation and restoration (Sanierung/Umbau), single-family home design (EFH), and urban planning studies (Städtebau). The portfolio includes multi-family residential developments, office and commercial buildings, heritage conversions, individual homes, and urban planning projects. Notable projects include Wohnüberbauung Kornhaus-/Rötelstrasse in Zürich (96 apartments), Gewerbehaus Noerd in Zürich, KEDA culinary center in Stans, and various residential estates across Switzerland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Housing Design (Wohnungsbau)

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• René Gasser ArchitekturbürominorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction management partner for multiple projects including Schlossmühle-Wohnen and Wohnüberbauung Talackerstrasse projects in the Winterthur/Frauenfeld region.
• BWS Bauphysik AGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBuilding physics consultant appearing on numerous projects including Wohnüberbauung Maigold, Small World, Werk 3, and Quattro Sorelle projects.
• Rotzler Krebs Partner LandschaftsarchitektenminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner for projects including Wohnüberbauung Im Gries, ETZBERGPARK, and Glattpark developments.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/beat-rothen-architektur-gmbh

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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