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ArtLab by Kengo Kuma at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

November 7, 2017

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Bold in its program and form, a new arts building dramatically announces an experimental curriculum.

Campus Moos by E2A

Rüschlikon, Switzerland

Mary Pepchinski

January 1, 2017

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A compact concrete box with a rational floor plan hosts a forward-looking middle school in Rüschlikon, Switzerland.

Null Stern Hotel

Alex Klimoski

October 1, 2016

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The spatial requirements for the Null Stern (Zero Star) Hotel were simple, if wildly unconventional: no real estate, no walls, no roof.

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.

Yodelay-hee-what? Morphosis Designs Sky-High Tower for Swiss Village

Suzanne Stephens

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.