doppler und saner

doppler und saner is an interior architecture studio in Zwingen, south of Basel, founded in 2004 by Rainer Saner and Patrik Doppler. Both came to interiors through craft — Saner trained as an organ builder and cabinetmaker, Doppler as a cabinetmaker before moving into furniture production management — and the studio describes itself as aesthetes with a strong attachment to making.

Work begins with an analysis of what a building already holds, its inner values, beauties and aptitudes; from there ideas are sketched, visualised and carried to the last detail on site. Projects are mostly conversions and interiors around Basel: the Rohrhollen new build, a total renovation in Dornach, the Gasthaus zum Weissen Rössli, a house in Breitenbach, an extension in Kleinlützel, the Weleda office building and the Museum für Musikautomaten.