This bulky concrete house on the outskirts of Geneva was designed by Swiss office Localarchitecture with a jagged roofline that follows the slope of its hillside site. More about Localarchitecture's Confignon House features concrete walls and a zigzagging roof
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. More about Herzog & de Meuron returns to St Gallen for fourth Helvetia office extension
News: Danish firm 3XN has been selected as preferred architect to design a new headquarters for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. More about 3XN chosen to design new Swiss headquarters for the Olympics
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 (+ slideshow). More about New exhibition showcases the work of Swiss architect Gion A Caminada
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). More about Wooden pavilion by Ramser Schmid Architekten built beside Swiss library
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). More about Allianz Headquarters by Wiel Arets features glass fritted to reference Mies' Barcelona Pavilion
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 (+ slideshow). More about Pascal Flammer's House in Balsthal features wooden braces and a circular window
Perched on an Alpine ridge 3256 metres above sea level, this shiny steel cabin by Swiss firm Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes creates a starting point for mountaineers climbing the Bishorn, Weisshorn or Tête de Milon (+ slideshow). More about Steel-clad mountain hut by Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes wraps over an Alpine ridge
This railway service facility in Zurich by local architects EM2N features a three-dimensional patterned facade made from zigzagging cement modules (+ slideshow). More about Bulging cement panels clad Zurich railway service facility by EM2N
The Rotsee rowing regatta takes place every summer on a lake outside Lucerne, Switzerland, and this wooden tower raised over the water accommodates the officials who observe, time and marshal each race (+ slideshow). More about Wooden Zielturm Rotsee tower built for judges of Swiss rowing regatta
Swiss firm Haberstroh Schneider Architekten has extended a house in Basel by adding a chain of three rooms, creating a new semi-enclosed courtyard that is filled with stepping stones (+ slideshow). More about House extension with stepping stones leading inside by Haberstroh Schneider Architekten
Undulating branches emerge from the centre of a dining table at this Swiss natural foods restaurant by Ippolito Fleitz Group (+ slideshow + photographs by Zooey Braun). More about Ippolito Fleitz Group installs metal trees in natural foods restaurant
A combined staircase and bookshelf is one of several multifunctional wooden furniture pieces that Swiss design studio Big-Game has inserted into two plain white apartments in Switzerland (+ slideshow). More about Eclépens apartment interiors with boxy wooden furniture by Big-Game
News: Swiss studio Virtual Design Unit has created a computer model of an unbuilt Zurich theatre designed by Jørn Utzon in 1964, to show that the building "could be built now" (+ slideshow + interview). More about Jørn Utzon's unbuilt Schauspielhaus digitally resurrected by Virtual Design Unit
Artificial grass blankets one wall of this renovated house in Switzerland by local studio Dubail Begert Architectes (+ slideshow). More about House renovation in Saignelégier by Dubail Begert Architectes
Swiss architecture studio Bureau A has built a pavilion out of recycled windows on the outskirts of Geneva. More about La Fabrique by Bureau A
News: Dutch studio MVRDV has won a competition to design 95 homes in Emmen, Switzerland, with plans that give every residence an identifiable colour. More about MVRDV wins Swiss housing competition
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has revealed his competition-winning design for a campus of timber buildings to house the headquarters of watch brands Swatch and Omega in Biel, Switzerland. More about Headquarters for Swatch and Omega by Shigeru Ban
A pitched roof and six walls appear as a single block of concrete around these two residences in Geneva by Swiss architects clavienrossier (+ slideshow). More about Two In One Villa by clavienrossier
These new photographs by Hufton + Crow show Herzog & de Meuron's extension to the Messe Basel exhibition centre now that the three new halls are in use (+ slideshow). More about Messe Basel New Hall by Herzog & de Meuron photographed by Hufton + Crow