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.
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.
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.
A School With a View: A Swiss city in transition employs bold architecture as a functional and symbolic catalyst for change in a traditional education system.
The schoolhouse as we know it has been upended in Leutschenbach, Switzerland, a quiet suburban corner north of metropolitan City of Zurich, Switzerland, where the city is transforming a former industrial site into a mixed-use, middle-class neighborhood infused with green spaces.
Project Specs Rietberg Museum Expansion Zurich, Switzerland ARGE Grazioli Krischanitz << Return to article the People Architect ARGE Grazioli Krischanitz GmbH, Zürich (Alfred Grazioli and Adolf Krischanitz) Project architect: Elke Eichmann, Dipl. Arch. ETH SIA NDS Members of staff: competition: Wieka Muthesius, Birgit Frank, Ralf Wilkening construction planning: Thomas Künzle, Jay Thalmann, Dimitri Kaden, Naomi Hajnos, Simone Wiestner Interior designer: ARGE Grazioli Krischanitz GmbH, Zürich Engineer(s): Structural Engineer: Ernst Basler und Partner building services: Brunner Haustechnik building services electric: HEGE Elektro Glass-Planning (Pavillon): Ludwig und Weiler Consultant(s) Landscape: SIT Trüb Baumpflege, Aarau Lighting: d'lite lichtdesign, Zurich General contractor: Dietsche Walter,