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Architects: Foster + Partners. The new Kulm Eispavillon in St Moritz opens to the public today, a regeneration project that is set to reinstate Kulm Park as the social focus of this part of the resort by returning it to the community.
Design: LAVA, architects. Digital origami tigers have jumped into the Festival Lausanne Lumières in Switzerland, which runs until 31 December 2016.
Design: Wittfoht Architekten. The extension of the World Trade Organization in Geneva houses offices, restaurant and underground parking. The new building is essentially divided into two sections – the base structure at ground level and the glass structure suspended above.
Design: SCAPE. Located in the residential area of Lugano, the house is surrounded by a garden on the edge of the alpine forest. The architects designed the Villa G as an alternation of open spaces and full volumes, hosting reception areas and service spaces.
Design: VOLTOLINI architectures sarl & Jean Paul Chabbey architectes SA. A building for “events and spectacles”. Held in between two concrete blocks, the lobby and main hall open up towards a perspective of the valley. From the interior the windows frame the contours of the Alpine landscape.
Design: Behnisch Architekten. Groundbreaking of the new building for the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research: ISREC will bring together under one roof 400 researchers, scientists, doctors and clinicians.
Design: Christian von Düring architecte. One of the aims with this project was to encourage the advantages of shared living while keeping the individuality of each home. By the position of the garages and the entrances, each house is accessed through a private courtyard.
Design: Christian von Düring architecte. The challenge of this project was to build a large building on a relatively narrow site while keeping some usable outdoor areas and the access to the plot being from the south.
Design: Baumschlager Eberle. The Metropolitans are a new landmark in the Leutschenbach area. The residential towers designed by be baumschlager eberle are noteworthy reference points in this fast developing district in the north of Zurich
Design: Baumschlager Eberle. Donald Duck’s nephews, Huey, Dewie and Louie, known in German as Tic, Tric and Trac, have given this 27,800 square metres rental commercial complex its name.
The Blumenhaus building design by Wiel Arets Architects (WAA) is an integral component of a larger effort by the city of Zürich to upgrade its Escher-Wyss district through a metamorphosis of new developments.
Architects: Evolution Design. The demand for identity and individuality in the rental market has massively increased in the last years, therefore the main aim was to create a low-cost rental development that targets young people.
Architects: Evolution Design. Sports centers can be simple, dark spaces that don’t motivate people to spend time there. By designing a bright sports hall flooded with daylight, the architects tried to encourage people to truly enjoy the building.
Architect: ATELIER BRÜCKNER GMBH. The National Museum is opening its new permanent exhibition “Archaeology Switzerland”. It is located in the new building by architects Christ & Gantenbein.
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has unveiled its plan for further investment in Geneva with a new building for its international headquarters.
Design: Zaha Hadid. Kurt Schwitters: Merz, is a major retrospective exhibition that builds and expands on Galerie Gmurzynska’s five decade long exhibition history with the artist, bringing together a unique selection of seventy works across all media.
With its wide walls of glass and a ribbon-like white façade that winds its way around the building by architects Evolution Design, this home on the banks of Lake Zurich is so light and mobile in appearance that it resembles a futuristic vessel.