Deezen

JULY 26, 2023

Rough textures and a blocky interior define Residential Barn in a Hamlet Zone, a home that Swiss studio BE Architektur has completed in a small agricultural town near Zurich. To achieve this, BE Architektur clad the building in spruce wood and topped it with a tiled pitched roof. The photography is by Vito Stallone.

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e-architect

JUNE 29, 2023

Located in the heart of Unterschachen in Switzerland refers to the finest construction traditions. The first layer is a stone base embedded in the ground, which protects and anchors the building on steep slopes. The Swiss House is an environmentally friendly building that minimizes energy consumption and resource exploitation.

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Deezen

JULY 25, 2023

Architecture studio Christ & Gantebein recently completed the New Aare Bridge in Switzerland, which drew praise for its "timeless" sculptural concrete form. The structure has replaced a concrete crossing built in 1949 and features a pattern of vertical lines that takes cues from the town's stone buildings and medieval houses.

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Architonic

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The city's new Polizei- & Justizzentrum has recently been built on the site of the goods station in Zurich. The building complex, which covers almost 34,000 m², unites various institutions under one roof – for example, the cantonal police, the forensic institute, the public prosecutor's office and the prison.

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Deezen

JUNE 30, 2022

Danish architecture studio BIG and US firm HOK have revealed the design for a mass-timber terminal and control tower named Dock A at Zurich's airport. Expected to open in 2032, the building will be built largely from locally sourced timber and will become the airport's largest terminal. The building is split across several levels.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 20, 2022

Since its opening in the 1950’s, Zurich Airport has become one of the most important aviation hubs in Europe. a renewable local resource, this material choice allows for efficient prefabrication during the construction process while paying homage to the long-standing local tradition of wood construction in Switzerland. Image © BIG.

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Deezen

JULY 8, 2022

Foster + Partners founder Norman Foster later accused architects who walk away from airport projects over environmental concerns of hypocrisy, arguing that the profession should be seeking to help cut aviation's carbon footprint by building more sustainable airports. Dock A at Zurich Airport, Switzerland, by BIG and HOK.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2022

Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has revealed its design for a 100-metre-tall housing block in Switzerland, which will be the world's tallest timber building when it completes. Named Rocket&Tigerli, the terracotta -clad building is set to be built on a former industrial site in the city of Winterthur, near Zurich.

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e-architect

JUNE 8, 2023

The historical stock was expanded and supplemented over time with some additions, however, the residential building was completely preserved. The body connecting both buildings was deconstructed and extended with a simple wooden structure. However, no construction work was carried out on the existing residential building.

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Deezen

MARCH 9, 2023

A stadium by Zaha Hadid Architects and housing by Adjaye Associates feature in this roundup of upcoming wooden buildings , curated as part of our Timber Revolution series. Also featured on the list are towers, university buildings and an airport terminal, illustrating mass timber 's potential for use in a variety of architectural projects.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we look at the Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban – Switzerland's first seven-storey mass-timber structure that was barely legal at the time of its completion in 2013.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Promotion: a fashion label, packaging designer and coffee roastery are three brands from Switzerland taking part in the Swiss Design Accelerator Program in San Francisco , USA. The three studios – YVY , Paula Cermeño León and Mikafi – represent innovative design practices emerging from Switzerland.

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Dwell

MAY 12, 2023

A saltbox roof and wood cladding give way to a blend of concrete and plaster at the rural address in Zurich. The building responds to the topography of the site. Building on a slope usually requires excavation behind the building and backfilling in front; this approach was deliberately rejected. Have one to share?

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

With the right shapes, he argues, we could create high-rise buildings with far less concrete and, in many cases, almost no steel reinforcements whatsoever. Here, workers install a Rippmann floor plate in a 10 story project in Zug, Switzerland. Instead of beams and flat floor plates, Block envisions a future of vaults and curves.

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e-architect

APRIL 2, 2023

Natra Bintan’s unique character is befitting Tribute Portfolio’s collection of indie hotels, while maintaining the standard amenities and service quality that Marriott is known for.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

SQUARE, The Learning Centre St Gallen University Switzerland, St. Gallen Building Design Images, Swiss Architecture Photos. SQUARE, The Learning Centre St Gallen University Switzerland. Location: Guisanstrasse 20, 9010 St.Gallen, Switzerland. SQUARE at St Gallen University Switzerland. Evolution Design, Zurich.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

We've done a sort of social cleansing on cities like London, Paris, Zurich. Jaidah, whose past work includes the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha and some of Qatar’s most iconic buildings, spoke of how he had seen tastes change in Qatar in his own lifetime. "I Your culture is beyond the skin of a building," said Jaidah.

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ArchiDiaries

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Zurich, Switzerland – The 2022 BLT Built Design Awards is now accepting entries into its four major categories, from architectural design, interior design, construction products design and project management. The BLT Built Design Awards honour the expertise of all professionals involved in the realization of outstanding projects.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Petkova is an architect and researcher who recently completed a PhD thesis exploring the structural use of stone in projects under construction in Spain, Switzerland and the UK, which is awaiting publication. "The virtue of solid stone construction is case-specific and depends on where the stone comes from and how it is employed."

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To this day, his most notable tall buildings in Chicago are 860-800 Lake Shore Drive, the Federal Center, and the IBM Building, all boasting steel structures and glass curtain walls. I say oddly because the squat, rotund building is hardly a skyscraper, at least not in my mind.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2023

As our Timber Revolution series comes to an end, we round up the 10 significant buildings that have pushed the use of mass-timber. Even despite the extensive freightage, university researchers said that the 10-storey building's environmental impact was still smaller than if it had been constructed using concrete.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If we look at the "Chicago and Milan" chapter, one of seven chapters in Volume 2 , two projects are presented: Nottingham Contemporary , the UK gallery completed in 2009; and the Europaallee Mixed-use Building built in Zurich in 2013. It's a bit like Tativille come to life.

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Architizer

AUGUST 1, 2023

In the modern era, as our buildings have grown taller and more complex, and as the balance between inside and outside has shifted, the importance of effective daylighting has grown extensively. Therefore, daylighting, as this practice is known, is not just about positioning a building towards the sun and adding a few windows.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Dezeen has announced the 235 projects longlisted for this year's Dezeen Awards in the architecture categories, including buildings by Santiago Calatrava , Renzo Piano and MAD Architects. Unpretentious Top-up House by Studio HAAN.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Architecture firm Rotative Studio has created three colourful temporary pavilions for reading and socialising in the Place du Marché square in Aigle, Switzerland. Read: Swiss architecture students design and build wooden events pavilion beneath Zurich overpass. Rotative Studio has built three colourful pavilions in Aigle.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Address the Criteria Directly HiLo Unit at NEST by ETH Zurich, Block Research Group , Dübendorf, Switzerland | Popular Choice Winner, 11th Annual A+Awards, Architecture +Innovation Something that becomes immediately clear is whether or not a firm chose to read the requirements and adjust their submission accordingly.

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Deezen

JUNE 26, 2022

In architecture and interiors, it is commonly used in the form of cladding panels or building blocks. Lego-like blocks of cork were used to build this modular house in Berkshire. Heart clinic, Switzerland, by Dost. Cork is a natural and renewable material sustainably harvested from the bark of the cork oak tree.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Architect Francis Kéré used locally sourced laterite to build the walls of a school in Burkina Faso and Studio Lotus has used it to create the pedestal of a government building in India (above). It is considered a good all-round building material as it is easy to cut and carve and usually has a uniform texture and colour.

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e-architect

JUNE 15, 2023

Allen, Director, Healthy Buildings Program, T. The Academic Chairs will include: Joseph G. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; Luis M.A.

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Bustler

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Zurich, Switzerland – The 2022 BLT Built Design Awards is now accepting entries into its four major categories, from architectural design, interior design, construction products design and project management. The BLT Built Design Awards honor the expertise of all professionals involved in the realization of outstanding projects.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JUNE 19, 2023

Concrete in Switzerland: Histories from the Recent Past edited by Salvatore Aprea, Nicola Navone, Laurent Stalder and Sarah Nichols, published by EPFL Press in May 2022 ( Amazon / Bookshop ) Concrete in Switzerland is a companion publication to Beton , the exhibition held at S AM (Swiss Architecture Museum) in Basel from November 2021 to April 2022.

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The Spaces

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Other major archaeological discoveries this year included mummies with golden tongues , Peruvian geoglyphs , the columns of a snake goddess’ temple, and a gladiator’s amphitheatre in Switzerland (possibly the last one ever built). We’ve honed in on some of the ancient spaces (re)discovered this year across the globe.

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ArchiDiaries

MARCH 10, 2023

Commanding, though discreet, colonnades with grand scale enclose a terrace, a wide expansive staircase and a manifold of open spaces that allow abundant light into the large entryway of the building. The design enables generous views from within and beyond, even through adjacent buildings and the surrounding urban landscape. “He

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The Architect's Guide

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Mold can build up, your drywall can rot, and in extreme cases, your home can suffer structural damage. Stone sills at the Enge Church in Zurich, Switzerland. Remove dirt, debris, and anything else that has been building up on the sill, such as leaves or lawn clippings. It can also show scratches over time. Window mold.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Moritz Gleich, director of gta Verlag at ETH Zurich, appears to have turned his dissertation "on the genealogy of machinic concepts in architecture" into Inhabited Machines , which looks at technologies and architectural typologies in the 18th and 19th centuries as progenitors for some pretty famous machine analogies in 20th century architecture.

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e-architect

JUNE 13, 2023

The building responds to the topography of the site. Building on a slope usually requires excavation behind the building and backfilling in front, but this approach was deliberately rejected. Although this new building is not a depository, its rooms – bedrooms, bathrooms, closets, etc. –

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e-architect

JANUARY 26, 2022

Emilio Ambasz architect, University of Bologna News, Green Building Design. After a welcome by the Rector Francesco Ubertini and the Head of the Architecture Department Fabrizio Ivan Apollonio, Emilio Ambasz will receive an honorary degree in Building Engineering – Architecture. Emilio Ambasz architect. 25 January 2022.

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