Variously sized openings scattered across the traditional stone and plaster facades of this house in the Swiss town of Ascona provide views of the garden and Lake Maggiore. More about Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti uses local stone and plaster for lakeside house in Switzerland
Brave hikers in the Swiss Alps can now walk almost half a kilometre across this thin metal suspension bridge to reach trails on either side of a huge valley. More about World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge traverses a Swiss valley
British photographer Rory Gardiner took these shots of Christ & Gantenbein's angular concrete extension to the National Museum Zurich when it was bathed in late winter sunlight. More about Christ & Gantenbein's concrete extension to National Museum Zurich photographed by Rory Gardiner
Two hundred architecture students from a Lausanne university designed and built this events pavilion in Zurich, using lengths of timber to create a towering staircase, undulating seating and projection screens. More about Swiss architecture students design and build wooden events pavilion beneath Zurich overpass
Climeworks has opened a groundbreaking plant in Switzerland where carbon dioxide is sucked from the air before being resold. More about The world's first commercial carbon-capture plant opens in Switzerland
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor claims his renowned thermal baths in Vals have been ruined by an "egotistical" developer. More about Therme Vals spa has been destroyed says Peter Zumthor
Large windows are slotted in between concrete and timber-clad floorplates to form this polygonal house in the Swiss town of Möhlin, designed by Basel-based architect Jan Skuratowski. More about Jan Skuratowski's "pavilion-like" House M features large window walls
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed designs for a trio of new buildings at the Renzo Piano-designed Fondation Beyeler art gallery in Riehen, Basel. More about Peter Zumthor unveils extension plans for Renzo Piano's Fondation Beyeler in Basel
Slender metal columns support the offset concrete roof of this cylindrical office block designed by Local Architecture for the International Motorcycling Federation on the outskirts of Geneva. More about Cylindrical headquarters for motorcycling federation features dramatic sweeping staircase
A+Awards: it took just 18 minutes to regrow the timber used to build this entirely wooden warehouse in Switzerland, according to Rossetti + Wyss Architekten, which won a 2016 Architizer A+Award for the project. More about Interlocking timber planks form Workshop Andelfingen by Rossetti + Wyss Architekten
This robust concrete house in the Swiss town of Savièse steps down the side of a hill and contains rooms lining internal patios that look out towards the nearby mountains. More about Anako Architecture completes "fortress-like" concrete house in an Alpine town
A+Awards: this badminton hall in a Swiss village, which looks more like a spaceport than a sports facility, received an Architizer A+Award last year. More about Jan Henrik Hansen adds futuristic badminton hall to Swiss sports centre
Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann has subdivided a 19th-century building in Zurich into nine flats with concrete and chipboard finishes that complement its existing vaulted ceilings and stone walls. More about Gus Wüstemann arranges nine apartments around rugged stone wall in Zurich
A mesh for climbing plants wraps the angular balconies of this apartment block in Alpine Switzerland, completed by Buchner Bründler Architekten. More about Climbing plants and asymmetric balconies surround Buchner Bründler's Garden Tower
We've created a new Pinterest board showcasing a range of Swiss architecture from this grey-tiled home in the Alps by JM Architecture to Peter Zumthor's famous Therme Vals spa, recently photographed by Fernando Guerra. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Morphosis has refurbished guest rooms at a hotel in Vals, Switzerland, where the US firm has also proposed a controversial skyscraper beside Peter Zumthor's famed spa building. More about Morphosis designs bedrooms for hotel at Zumthor's Vals spa
Illiz Architektur mounted this indoor swimming pool on top of a disused concrete shelter for rescue forces to offer bathers views of Switzerland's Lake Zurich. More about Illiz Architektur sets children's swimming pool above former underground troop billet in Zurich
This shingled timber pavilion was created by masters students on ETH Zurich's Digital Fabrication course, after developing robotic fabrication techniques to minimise the waste involved in its construction. More about ETH Zurich students create robot-built pavilion with a skin of wooden shingles
This extension to a day-care centre for disabled adults in the Swiss town of Stans has been kitted out with muted red awnings and spiralling pastel-tinged walkways. More about Disability support centre by Architekten CM features tinted concrete ramps and retractable awnings
Swiss studio Züst Gübeli Gambetti has completed a long, narrow building that steps up a grassy hillside, to provide extra teaching space at an ETH Zurich university campus. More about Züst Gübeli Gambetti adds staircase-shaped building to ETH Zurich university campus