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Pascal Flammer's House in Balsthal features wooden braces and a circular window
This house in northern Switzerland, by local architect Pascal Flammer, frames views of a vast rural landscape through round and rectangular windows, as well as through entire walls of glazing (+...
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Allianz Headquarters by Wiel Arets features glass fritted to reference Mies'...
Dutch firm Wiel Arets Architects applied an intricate fritting technique to the glazed facade of this office complex in Zurich to give it the appearance of onyx marble (+ slideshow). Located within a...
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Wooden pavilion by Ramser Schmid Architekten built beside Swiss library
This wooden pavilion with a protruding canopy was designed by Ramser Schmid Architekten to offer a sheltered outdoor seating area for visitors to the city library in Zug, Switzerland (+ slideshow)....
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New exhibition showcases the work of Swiss architect Gion A Caminada
The timber and stone buildings of Gion A Caminada, a cult figure in Swiss architecture, will feature in an exhibition opening next month at the House of Art in the Czech city of České Budějovice (+...
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3XN chosen to design new Swiss headquarters for the Olympics
News: Danish firm 3XN has been selected as preferred architect to design a new headquarters for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. 3XN was chosen ahead of 11 competing...
View ArticleHerzog & de Meuron returns to St Gallen for fourth Helvetia office extension
News: Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled designs for its fourth extension to the headquarters of insurance company Helvetia in the Swiss city of St Gallen. The new west wing will join three other...
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Local Architecture's Confignon House features concrete walls and a...
This bulky concrete house on the outskirts of Geneva was designed by Swiss office Local Architecture with a jagged roofline that follows the slope of its hillside site. Local Architecture designed the...
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Bjarke Ingels unveils spiralling museum for Swiss watchmaker
News: Danish firm BIG has been commissioned to expand the headquarters of Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet by adding a spiralling museum that coils up from the landscape (+ slideshow). The Maison des...
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Timber walls feature narrow vertical slices at Virdis Architecture's Lussy...
Swiss office Virdis Architecture clad this sports hall near Lausanne in vertical timber slats, but left toothpick-shaped gaps to allow light to filter through. Virdis Architecture designed Lussy Sports...
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Concrete visitor centre by Iseppi/Kurath looms over an Alpine gorge
This gabled concrete visitor centre by local architects Iseppi/Kurath is perched on the edge of a 60-metre gorge in the Swiss Alps (+ slideshow). Architects Ivano Iseppi and Stefan Kurath were asked to...
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Herzog & de Meuron uses rammed earth to create countryside herb centre for...
Herzog & de Meuron has completed its sixth project for Swiss herbal sweet manufacturer Ricola – a herb processing plant with rammed earth walls in the countryside surrounding Laufen. The...
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Split-level house by Kit works with the slope of the garden
This concrete house in Switzerland's March District was designed by Zurich studio Kit with split levels, creating a living room that cantilevers over an external dining area. Known as House in the...
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Herzog & de Meuron creates naturally filtered swimming pool in Switzerland
Keeping up with the growing popularity for natural swimming pools, Herzog & de Meuron has completed a biologically filtered bathing lake in Riehen, Switzerland (+ slideshow). Following a series of...
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Apartment buildings by Group8asia clad in strips of travertine stone
Vertical strips of travertine stone cover the facades of these apartment buildings in the Swiss village of Crans-près-Céligny by Group8asia, altering the appearance of the structures when viewed from...
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Swiss school extension by Zwimpfer Partner and BBK fronted by slender wooden...
Internal lighting shines between the vertical larch battens that clad this extension to a primary school near Basel by Swiss firms Zwimpfer Partner Architekten and BBK Architekten. Situated in the...
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Musée du Léman unveils extension proposal featuring concrete walls and a...
News: Swiss office Fruehauf Henry & Viladoms has been selected ahead of Kengo Kuma, Bernard Tschumi and Studio Mumbai to envision a new wing for the Musée du Léman on the edge of Lake Geneva (+...
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Oikios completes Alpine hotel with "unbuildable facade"
Waves of gold-coloured steel create a shell around this hotel in Swiss ski resort Davos by Munich architects Oikios (+ slideshow). Oliver Hofmeister of Oikios led a team of design studios to create the...
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Concrete house by Nickisch Sano Walder Architects built from remnants of a...
Nickisch Sano Walder Architects has deconstructed an Alpine log cabin to create the framework for a stark concrete hideaway with the same footprint and form as its predecessor (+ slideshow). Photograph...
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Alpine events venue by mlzd features glass walls with golden outdoor curtains
Exterior curtains draw back across the glazed facade of this hillside events venue in Bern, Switzerland, to offer visitors uninterrupted views of the surrounding Alps (+ slideshow). Designed by Swiss...
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Frei + Saarinen adds a zigzagging roof to a community centre extension in...
A zigzagging roof extends across this extension added to the original gable end of a community centre in the Swiss municipality of Oberglatt by Zurich studio Frei + Saarinen (+ slideshow). The roof...
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