Articles Tagged with ''Switzerland''

Vacheron Constantin 2

Time Warp: Bernard Tschumi expands on his immaculately designed headquarters for a prestigious watchmaker.

Suzanne Stephens

August 1, 2016

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Adding on to a successful work of architecture is hard enough.

Zaha Hadid’s Design for Kurt Schwitters Exhibition

The architect’s final design for Zurich’s Galerie Gmurzynska pays homage to a Dada master.

Janelle Zara

June 16, 2016

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In Zurich, the walls of Galerie Gmurzynska’s latest exhibition, Kurt Schwitters: Merz, ripple and swell with the last art installation designed by Zaha Hadid.

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Josephine Minutillo

March 25, 2015

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How do you guarantee a view when you are in a valley in Switzerland? Thom Mayne of Morphosis decided to build as high as the mountains.

Stall in Gluringen

Architect Benjamin Krampulz converts a former barn into a snug alpine retreat.

Anna Fixsen

February 15, 2014

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For his firm's first project, Swiss architect Benjamin Krampulz of Bkarch gave new meaning to a barn-raising.

Basel Convention Center'New Hall

The Sky's The Limit: The expansion of a vast trade-fair complex satisfies demanding exhibition-hall requirements and figures into a city's plans for urban renewal.

Chris Foges

May 16, 2013

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Tucked tight against Switzerland's border with both France and Germany, Basel is a small city that has made room for big business.

Schuler Villa by Andrea Pelati Architecte

Neuch'tel, Switzerland

December 16, 2012

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Located in a Swiss village, this reinforced concrete home designed by Andrea Pelati Architecte offers its resident both privacy and flexibility.

Twin Houses Kastanienbaum

The “Machine for Living” Updated: A two-family house in a residential setting outside Luzern allows architect Remo Halter to explore early modernist ideas in a transformative manner.

Suzanne Stephens

April 16, 2012

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Architects understandably yearn to be their own clients, especially when it comes to their homes.

Museum of Cultures

Raise high the roof: With sleight of hand, the Basel-based architects built upon an esteemed institution in the heart of their city's historic district.

Linda C. Lentz

February 15, 2012

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An architectural tour of Basel and its environs reveals no fewer than 21 completed buildings by the office of natives Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, with a major addition to the city's convention center and a 213-foot office tower for Novartis slated for 2013 and 2015 completion, respectively.

Lake Lugano House

Between the Swiss Alps and Lake Lugano, Jacopo Mascheroni creates a rounded glass pavilion atop a submerged base.

Ingrid Spencer

August 16, 2011

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According to architect Jacopo Mascheroni, people from the village of Brusino Arsizio, Switzerland (population 475), have been trying to get a glimpse of the house he designed for Nicoletta Messina, a financial consultant, and her family.

Linda C. Lentz

August 16, 2011

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A study in urban planning, the Novartis campus manifests a logic and order that facilitates its day-to-day operations. Yet the grounds are neither sterile nor overtly homogeneous. Entering onto Fabrikstrasse, the main boulevard, one is immediately struck by the numerous environments for employees — landscaped piazzette, informal indoor and outdoor seating and dining areas, day care centers, even a supermarket, pharmacy, and health club — all integrated in and around the new and renovated buildings. Art is everywhere. Moreover, while the various architects are given similar briefs and physical parameters, their solutions are, of course, unique. Two blocks east of