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Design: Davide Macullo Architects. The design is like a constellation of points, each one’s luminosity defining our priorities, corresponding to the ambitions of those who live within it and is an interpretation of the spaces that embrace the joys of life.
International architecture Award is back from the 12th to the 14th of October 2017 with a special edition to be held in Miami. It is dedicated to architectural studios currently active in the USA, Canada and Central and Latin America.
The Swiss art gallery originally designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop reveals three new buildings by architect Peter Zumthor to accommodate its growing art patron base, as well as education programs and events
Design: Studio Seilern Architects. Eating at 2360m altitude: a new gourmet restaurant in the Swiss Alps. Placed on top of the mountain the building sits at the arrival point of three cable car lines.
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.