Madeleine Architects converts pigsty into The Recipe house in Switzerland
Swiss architecture studio Madeleine Architectes has converted an old pigsty and clad it in lime and hemp to create the base of this house and office in Chavronay. More
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Shigeru Ban's timber-skeleton Tamedia building left engineers "incredulous"
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. More
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Space Copenhagen pays homage to historic features in Mammertsberg renovation
A sculptural spiral staircase, floor-to-ceiling windows and panelled walls have been paired with contemporary furnishings in Space Copenhagen's renovation of a restaurant and hotel in Switzerland. More
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Pierre Yovanovitch creates set with moving elements for Verdi's Rigoletto at Basel Opera
French interior designer Pierre Yovanovitch has created the set for Theatre Basel's production of Verdi's Rigoletto in Switzerland, which features a curvilinear staircase that crosses the full width of the stage. More
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Enrico Sassi converts wood store into micro home in Swiss village
A small stone building in Aldesago, Switzerland, has been transformed into a compact two-level house in a renovation by architect Enrico Sassi. More
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Heritage wall mirror by Studio Seitz
Dezeen Showroom: the founders of Studio Seitz drew on their Swiss background to design the Heritage wall mirror, which features hidden carvings and a form inspired by Alpine milking pails. More
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3XN and Itten+Brechbühl design mass-timber campus for Swiss university
Danish architecture studio 3XN and Swiss studio Itten+Brechbühl have unveiled the design for Ecotope, an expansion to the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. More
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Fabien Roy creates clock-shaped wooden installation to mark Tour de France
Swiss designer Fabien Roy has created a temporary circular installation made from spruce wood in the middle of the Swiss countryside for the cycling race Tour de France. More
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ETH Zurich creates dramatically contoured concrete slab ceiling
Researchers at technology university ETH Zurich have created a deeply ridged ceiling called the HiRes Concrete Slab, which they claim saves energy while offering a spectacular aesthetic. More
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BIG and HOK to add timber terminal and control tower to Zurich Airport
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. More
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Office architecture
Office architecture
SOM and Burckhardt+Partner create mass-timber office for UN on Lake Geneva
Architecture studios Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Burckhardt+Partner have unveiled a hybrid mass-timber and concrete office block on the United Nations campus in Geneva. More
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The world's tallest timber building features in today's Dezeen Agenda newsletter
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Schmidt Hammer Lassen's design for the world's tallest timber building. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen unveils design for world's tallest timber building
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. More
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HHF Architekten uses modular steel and timber structure for mixed-use block in Switzerland
A modular grid of exposed steel creates balconies, terraces and external staircases at this mixed-use development in Weggis, Switzerland, designed by HHF Architekten. More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completes modular airport terminal in Geneva
British architecture studio Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has completed the polychromatic and modular Aile Est airport terminal in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of a consortium called RBI-T. More
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Bureau uses pastel shades to create dreamlike interior for Geneva float spa
Blocks of pastel-coloured tiles overlap across the walls and floors of this spa in Switzerland, designed by local studio Bureau to reflect the serenity of "floating naked in a highly salted water pod". More
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DF_DC hides Swiss apartment block behind Pisa Baptistery-informed concrete wall
Architecture studio DF_DC has designed a concrete apartment block overlooking Lake Lugano in the south of Switzerland that has a concrete exoskeleton so that the interior spaces are "free to change over time". More
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Foster + Partners proposes larch-clad innovation hub in the Swiss Alps
Textured larch shingles and a mountainous roofscape will define InnHub La Punt, an innovation and community centre that Foster + Partners is developing for Engadin valley in Switzerland. More
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Castelgrande's bunker-like entrance captured in photos by Simone Bossi
Swiss architect Aurelio Galfetti's stark hillside entrance to the medieval Castelgrande in Bellinzona, Switzerland is the focus of this architectural photography series by Simone Bossi. More
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MLZD and Sollberger Bögli Architects complete angular football stadium in Lausanne
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. More
