His collaboration with Chad Oppenheim extends back to their studies at Cornell University in New York and was cemented in 2009 when they jointly established the Swiss office of Oppenheim Architecture.

Huesler heads the European studio, managing a senior architectural team to deliver projects in urban and remote locations around the world. His extensive construction and technical knowledge make the studio highly responsive to the available resources and industry practices in any specific location. An ability to work collaboratively with local architects, builders, and craftspeople leads to buildings that are made for their environments and loved by their communities.

Before studying architecture and design at Cornell University, Huesler completed a four-year technical drawing apprenticeship in Basel. His original focus on detailing embedded a passion for function—from design and planning to materials and construction to sustainability and energy use. Working with heritage structures in and around the Basel area added a sensitivity for heritage and context, and the sensitive coalescence of old and new. Huesler’s commitment to excellence in design and technical rigor ensures a strong alliance of the pragmatic with the poetic.