Gëzim Paçarizi is a Kosovar and Swiss architect who graduated from the University of Geneva in 1993. He is a registered architect in both Switzerland (REG A) and Kosovo. For more than three decades, his work has focused on context-driven design, cultural continuity, and environmental responsibility. Through realized projects in Kosovo, Albania, and Switzerland, he has contributed to shaping the post-war architectural landscape with interventions rooted in local identity while expressing contemporary architectural language.

In 2014, he represented Kosovo as curator of the National Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. His work has been nominated for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the EU Mies Award. Among his recognitions are the BIGSEE Award and the SHARE Opera Omnia Distinction. He has also received numerous awards and distinctions in national and international architectural competitions.

Beyond practice, Paçarizi has contributed to architectural education and discourse through lectures and visiting critic roles at institutions including the University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, POLIS University, Polytechnic University of Tirana, South East European University, Technical University of Berlin, the University of Geneva, and the Dessau Institute of Architecture. He has also spoken at ETH Zürich during the Seminar Week “Shocks of Change” (2017), at TEDx Tirana, and at the Bartlett School of Architecture within the Atlas of the Unbuilt World (2013). He was a founding board member of Autostrada Biennale, and his work has been published internationally in A10, VOLUME, ARHITECTURA, Inside Outside, ArchDaily, Dezeen, and Designboom.

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