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Bureau Brisson Architectes updates Swiss "hybrid" home with blue cabinetry
A sea-blue storage unit helps arrange living spaces inside this family home in Corseaux, Switzerland, which has been overhauled by Bureau Brisson Architectes. Situated close to the shore of Lake...
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Shigeru Ban covers Swatch headquarters in vaulting timber shell
A double-curved timber shell constructed from 7,700 timber pieces forms the Swatch Headquarters by Shigeru Ban in Biel, Switzerland. The watchmaker's campus centres on a 240-metre-long timber vault –...
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ZMIK turn school corridors into playful learning spaces
Swiss design studio ZMIK has transformed three corridors at a primary school in Basel into flexible learning-spaces designed to promote a sense of wellbeing. Called Learning Scapes, the corridors are...
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Pale pink shutters shade classrooms of a concrete school in Switzerland
Beige tiles and pale pink window shutters cover the exterior of this concrete secondary school in Romanshorn, Switzerland. Designed by Portuguese practice Bak Gordon Arquitectos with local firm...
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Colonnade extends from concrete house on an old vineyard in Switzerland
A concrete house in Switzerland by architecture practice DF_DC has an outdoor terrace on a plinth banded by an asymmetrical colonnade of rectangular columns. Deep fins along the side elevations filter...
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Herzog & de Meuron designs motorway chapel in Switzerland
Angled white walls will mark the entrance to underground contemplation spaces at Herzog & de Meuron's roadside Autobahnkirche chapel in Switzerland. Set to be developed on the outskirts of Andeer...
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Property fair MIPIM to go ahead as Geneva Motor Show cancelled
The Geneva Motor Show has been cancelled, while the MIPIM property fair will happen despite numerous withdrawals, as coronavirus continues to disrupt events across Europe. The organisers of the Geneva...
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Barozzi Veiga creates trapezoidal riverside arcade for Zürich dance centre
Barozzi Veiga has completed the Tanzhaus dance centre in Zürich, which opens onto a promenade along the river Limmat with a concrete arcade of trapezoid openings. Barozzi Veiga designed the building...
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BIG creates spiral museum for Audemars Piguet in the Swiss mountains
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet is a spiral-shaped building rising up out of the landscape of Vallée de Joux in Switzerland designed by BIG for the watchmaker to house its collection of timepieces. The...
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Studio Seilern Architects perches restaurant on top of Mount Gütsch in the...
Studio Seilern Architects has built two restaurants at the top of Mount Gütsch – The Gütsch by Markus Neff and The Japanese by The Chedi Andermatt – at the Andermatt ski resort in Switzerland. Located...
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Think Architecture completes Zurich home with lake and vineyard views
Swiss practice Think Architecture has created House at a Vineyard, which includes a veranda and sunken courtyard that have vistas across the waters of Lake Zurich. The house is situated in a...
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TS-H_01 by Tom Strala is a pared-back family home on a Swiss hillside
Architect Tom Strala has completed TS-H_01, a minimal family home just outside of Bern, Switzerland that includes separate living quarters for parents and children. TS-H_01 perches on a grassy slope in...
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Christ & Gantenbein unwraps Lindt Home of Chocolate on Lake Zurich
Architecture studio Christ & Gantenbein has completed a museum for chocolate brand Lindt alongside its headquarters in the Swiss town of Kilchberg on Lake Zurich. Built alongside Lindt's factories...
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Watch Doug Aitken's mirrored Mirage Gstaad pavilion change with the seasons
Mirage Gstaad, a mirrored building created by American artist Doug Aitken, reflects the shifting landscape of the Alps in this exclusive video for Dezeen. The reflective pavilion, which has previously...
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Geometric timber roofs cover Diamond Domes tennis courts in Switzerland
Swiss timber company Neue Holzbau has created a pair of geometric cross-laminated timber roofs for two indoor tennis courts by Rüssli Architekten in Bürgenstock, Switzerland. Called Diamond Domes, the...
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Herzog & de Meuron creates boutique hotel in historic Volkshaus Basel
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has created a boutique hotel inside a century-old building in the heart of its home city, Basel. The Volkshaus Basel Hotel blends the style of 1920s with a modern...
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Monolithic concrete walls enfold minimalist Pyramid House in Switzerland
DF_DC has used concrete to create a monolithic house in the town of Tegna, Switzerland, which takes cues from Japanese architecture and the surrounding mountains. Named Pyramid House, it was...
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Gus Wüstemann Architects tops barn-like home with overhanging roof
A large overhanging roof stands above this house that Gus Wüstemann Architects designed in the village of Buchberg, Switzerland. Wüstemann adapted the form and materiality of the local gabled farm...
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David Chipperfield adds limestone-clad extension to Kunsthaus Zurich
Jura limestone wraps around the concrete interiors of David Chipperfield Architects' long-awaited extension for the Kunsthaus Zurich museum in Switzerland. Located in Heimplatz square in the old town...
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MLZD and Sollberger Bögli Architects complete angular football stadium in...
Swiss studios MLZD and Sollberger Bögli Architects have completed Stade de la Tuilière stadium in the city of Lausanne, which is defined by its rectangular form and cutback corners. Built for Football...
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