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David Chipperfield Architects Completes Extension to Kunsthaus in Zürich

October 18, 2021

A new, elegant concrete volume by David Chipperfield Architects has opened across a public plaza from the existing Kunsthaus in Zürich, Switzerland.

Design Vanguard 2021: Atelier Scheidegger Keller

Zürich

Andrew Ayers

June 1, 2021

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Traditional exterior forms belie highly sophisticated interior structures, spatial arrangements, and unexpected material choices in the work of Zürich-based Jürg Keller and Christian Scheidegger.

Lindt Home of Chocolate by Christ & Gantenbein

Zurich

Andrew Ayers

December 4, 2020

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Guided by Swiss pragmatism, the Lindt Home of Chocolate near Zürich indulges in architectural fancy.

House Z22 by Gus Wüstemann Architects

Zurich

Hugh Pearman

October 1, 2017

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In Zurich, the conversion of a 170-year-old single-family house and adjacent workshops into apartments is a study in contrasts.

Extension of the Swiss National Museum

A modern addition to a 19th-century museum uses bold geometry to connect old and new.

Fred A. Bernstein

November 1, 2016

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The longtime home of the Swiss National Museum, or Landesmuseum, in Zurich, is a stolid 19th-century pile.

The Pavilion of Reflections by Studio Tom Emerson

Janelle Zara

June 22, 2016

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In Switzerland, “As soon as the sun comes out, everyone jumps in the water,” says Tom Emerson, co-founder of London’s 6a Architects and professor at ETH Zurich.

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.

Tamedia Headquarters Expansion by Shigeru Ban Architects

Zurich

David Cohn

July 16, 2014

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A finely crafted timber office building for a Swiss media company makes a strong statement from within.

Prime Tower

Vertical Integration: At 413 feet, Zurich's tallest building is emblematic of a neighborhood's delicate balancing act—once an industrial district, it is being transformed into a business and design hub.

Laura Raskin

June 16, 2013

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At 413 feet, Zurich's tallest building is emblematic of a neighborhood's delicate balancing act—once an industrial district, it is being transformed into a business and design hub.

2 Verandas

Discreet in Concrete: On a built-up hillside overlooking Lake Zurich, a quietly monumental house asserts its powerful presence on the interior.

Laura Raskin

April 16, 2013

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While most of its eurozone neighbors were whacked by financial crises, Switzerland managed to avoid a recession, and its economy grew by 1 percent in 2012.