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Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes exhibition

11-06-2013

Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes exhibition

MoMa hosts a complete exhibition of the works of Le Corbusier the architect, interior designer, artist, urban planner, writer and photographer.

Panzeri: family home in Canton Ticino

22-05-2013

Panzeri: family home in Canton Ticino

In the plan for this family home in Sorengo, near Lugano, Ticino architect Attilio Panzeri expresses the results of the studies begun by great 20th masters such as Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier which lead to a concept of architecture as reading the landscape. Structural materials such as concrete and glass submit to the decoration of wood and colour, while light reveals the geometry that regulates the forms of contemporary architecture.

Panzeri, Banca Raiffeisen, Lugano

07-02-2013

Panzeri, Banca Raiffeisen, Lugano

In an existing building in the centre of Lugano, architect Attilio Panzeri designs a bank branch which addresses the issue of how to design in an existing building.

Reuse of industrial architecture: Die Giesserei, Zürich.

06-02-2013

Reuse of industrial architecture: Die Giesserei, Zürich.

The transformation of an old steel mill in the Oerlikon area of Zurich began in 1996 when the owners decided to move away from the inhabited centre.

Love of detail: a doorway in the city centre.

10-01-2013

Love of detail: a doorway in the city centre.

This work of precision by the Swiss architecture firm, Bureau A, highlights the beauty of traditional craftsmanship and enhances urban property combining contemporary working methods and local references.

Free-form organic design. Earth houses.

28-11-2012

Free-form organic design. Earth houses.

Swiss architect, Peter Vetsch’s earth houses only reveal themselves to attentive scrutiny.

A sauna on the rooftops of Geneva. Bureau A.

20-11-2012

A sauna on the rooftops of Geneva. Bureau A.

What to do with the extra space on an old factory rooftop? Build a small multipurpose sauna, of course! This is the response of Daniel Zamarbide and Leopold Banchini, the architects from the Swiss practice Bureau A who came up with the project.

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