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Villa MM's timber-grille facade echoes the proportions of surrounding trees
Double-height lengths of unevenly spaced timber have been added to the side of this Swiss house by Feliz Architects, alluding to the shapes of nearby trees and screening the interiors from harsh...
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Herzog & de Meuron unveils Basel campus redesign for Roche healthcare
News: Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its plans to redevelop the Basel campus of Swiss pharmaceuticals company Roche, adding a 205-metre-high tower and a research centre (+ slideshow). Construction...
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Zurich office block by Max Dudler features a gridded granite facade
Swiss architect Max Dudler has completed a granite office building near Zurich featuring a regular gridded facade and a street-level colonnade (+ slideshow). The Richtiring building was designed by Max...
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Gus Wüstemann uses chipboard-textured concrete for Zurich apartment block
Concrete was cast over engineered wooden boards to give a textured finish to the walls of this apartment block in Zurich by Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann. Gus Wüstemann designed the four-storey...
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Aurélie Blanchard makes over the canteen in Gehry's Vitra Factory Building
A factory hall is one of Frank Gehry's three contributions to the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein in Germany. Twenty-five years after its completion, Swiss architect Aurélie Blanchard has revamped the...
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3XN reveals "dynamic, undulating" design for Swiss Olympic headquarters
News: Danish firm 3XN has shown the first images of its design for the new headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. According to 3XN, the new administrative home of...
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Mountain hideaway hidden inside a concrete boulder in the Alps
Swiss studio Bureau A has concealed a wooden cabin inside an artificial rock and transported it to a remote site in the Swiss Alps. Bureau A, a studio led by architects Leopold Banchini and Daniel...
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EM2N converts century-old Swiss farm into housing and office complex
A 150-year-old farm complex in Switzerland has been converted into an assortment of office and apartment blocks by Zürich studio EM2N (+ slideshow). EM2N won a competition to develop the...
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Morphosis chosen for hotel beside Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa
News: the firm led by American architect Thom Mayne has been selected to design a new 100-suite hotel adjacent to Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa in Switzerland. Update: the competition jury has now...
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Jury distances itself from Morphosis appointment for Vals hotel
News: the jury tasked with selecting the design for a new hotel adjacent to Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa in Switzerland has "dissociated itself" with the client's decision to appoint Los Angeles...
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Smoking Room by Gianni Botsford Architects is a translucent-concrete garden...
Gianni Botsford Architects worked with translucent concrete to create this boxy garden pavilion in Zurich, dedicated to "the old fashioned art of smoking" (+ slideshow). London-based Gianni Botsford...
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Competition: five 100 Years of Swiss Design books to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Lars Müller Publishers to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a book documenting the last century of design in Switzerland. 100 Years of Swiss...
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Studio Inches renovates Alpine house to create a private gallery
An old house perched at the foot of the Swiss Alps has been converted into a museum and gallery to exhibit the work of a local artist. Architect Matteo Inches was approached by the 80-year-old daughter...
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Morphosis unveils plans for "Minimalist" skyscraper next to Zumthor's Therme...
The American architecture studio led by Pritzker Prize-winner Thom Mayne has unveiled its design for a 381-metre-tall mirrored hotel tower in Vals, Switzerland. Morphosis Architects has released images...
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Sloping concrete circulation entrances added to platforms at Zurich Hauptbahnhof
Zurich architects Dürig designed angular concrete frames to indicate the position of staircases and escalators at the Swiss city's main railway station, which descend from the platforms to a new...
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Crooked concrete wall divides Zurich building by Christian Kerez into...
A layer of glass envelopes this pair of homes in Zurich, while a zigzagging concrete partition between them is the only opaque wall in the building (+ slideshow). Named House with One Wall, the...
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Christian von Düring completes a house designed to function like a bridge
Tasked with designing a house that doesn't take over its whole site, Swiss architect Christian von Düring created a timber-clad upper storey that straddles two smaller ground-level structures (+...
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Christian Müller converts an Alpine chalet into a pair of family apartments
Dutch architect Christian Müller has overhauled the interior of a chalet in the Swiss Alps, creating a pair of apartments that combine exposed stone walls with raw concrete and distressed wood....
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Studio Inches raises the roof of a Swiss home to create a lofty living space
The tiled roof of this residence in Switzerland has been raised by one metre to provide extra height for the newly renovated spaces within. The house, which is owned by an elderly couple and located...
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Faceted concrete bridge by 2b Architectes links a metro station with a forest
This concrete footbridge spans a road in Lausanne, Switzerland, to connect a metro station with the scenic Sauvabelin Forest (+ slideshow). Designed by local firm 2b Architectes, the La Sallaz...
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