Barbara Iseli

Barbara is a multilingual Swiss architect. She graduated at ETH Zurich, and considers herself a “Carioca de coração,” a Rio de Janeiro-an by heart, with professional experience in Switzerland and Brazil. At Boltshauser Architects in Zurich, she was project manager for large-scale housing projects and won school building competitions in Uster, Switzerland, and a residential building complex in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In Rio de Janeiro, she was in charge of the conversion of the Swiss Consulate and the design of Swissnex Brazil. She is a founding partner and executive member of Insight Architecture and the architecture office, Plural Projetos Singulares, Rio de Janeiro. A native German speaker, Barbara also provides tours in English and Portuguese. She also speaks Italian, French, Dutch and Spanish.