Vogt was born in 1957 in
Balzers. After training in horticulture in
Bern, he studied landscape architecture at the Intercantonal Technical College in Rapperswil. In 1987 he joined Stöckli, Kienast, Köppel and in 1995, together with
Dieter Kienast, founded the office Kienast Vogt Partner. After Dieter Kienast's death, the office became VOGT Landschaftsarchitekten,
Zürich, in 2000. This was followed by offices in
Munich,
Berlin and
London. Günther Vogt taught at
ETH Zurich (2005–2023) and at the
Harvard Graduate School of Design (2012).[1]
Günther Vogt: "Miniature and Panorama - Vogt Landscape Architects' Work 2000-2006", Lars Müller Publishers 2006, ISBN 3-03778-068-1
Alice Foxley, Vogt Landscape Architects: "Distance and Engagement - Walking, Thinking and Making Landscape", Lars Müller Publishers, 2010, ISBN 978-3-03778-196-8
Dominique Ghiggi, Chair Günther Vogt, Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich: "Baumschule - Kultivierung des Stadtdschungels", Lars Müller Publishers, 2010, ISBN 978-3-03778-217-0
Franziska Bark, Günther Vogt Chair, Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich: "Versuche das Glück im Garten zu finden", Lars Müller Publishers, 2011, ISBN 978-3-03778-247-7
Günther Vogt: "Miniature and Panorama - Vogt Landscape Architects Projects 2000-2012", Lars Müller Publishers, 2012, ISBN 978-3-03778-233-0