YVES REINACHER  leads LYRA as an architect with extensive design, planning and construction experience. He has won several recent international design competitions and awards. Prior to founding LYRA in 2009 he worked for renowned practices in Switzerland. From 2006 to 2009 he served as Project Director at agps.architecture zurich/los angeles. He holds a Master degree from the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich where he graduated with honors in 2002 in the master class of Flora Ruchat-Roncati. He is a SIA accredited professional.

LARA REINACHER  leads LYRA as an architect with years of experience working at a diverse range of architectural scopes and scales. She has won several recent international design competitions and awards. Prior to founding LYRA she has worked from 2004 to 2009 at Herzog & de Meuron in Basel as a Project Architect, and gained experience in Real Estate development and evaluation as Senior Consultant at Nüesch Development and Sal. Oppenheim Corporate Finance in Zürich. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Bauhaus University in Weimar and a Master of Architecture degree from the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, where she took part in the design studios of Elia Zenghelis, Luigi Snozzi and Peter Märkli, among others. She graduated 2004 with honors and was awarded the SIA Prize for the best thesis project of her year.

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