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17-02-2017

The Unframed World at the HeK in Basel

The exhibition “The Unframed World.

07-12-2016

Jpa Antorini VIO home on the hills in Lugano

Making what might have been a limitation into a design opportunity, JPA Antorini Architetti Sagl used the small hill on the site as their inspiration for the design of this single-family home in Lugano.

30-11-2016

Schweizweit exhibition at the S AM, Basel

The first exhibition under the direction of Andreas Ruby, who took over the helm of S AM, the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel in March 2016 reflects his vision for the S AM: devoid of thresholds, contemporary, collaborative and Switzerland-wide.

01-11-2016

Finalists of the 2016-17 World Habitat Awards

Since 1976, the Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) has been a catalyst for social change through architecture.

20-10-2016

LAVA wins the 2016 European Prize for Architecture

On September 23 in Athens (Greece) architects Chris Bosse, Alexander Rieck and Tobias Wallisser of LAVA were presented with the 2016 European Prize for Architecture, an award assigned by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

30-08-2016

Manifesta 11. Art in Zurich

You've got another three weeks to head to Zurich, Switzerland for Manifesta 11 - the moving European biennial for contemporary art first held in the early 1990s as a dynamic platform for cultural exchange in continental Europe.

08-08-2016

Sleeping on a mountain with Null Stern Hotel

The “Null Stern” (zero stars) hotel concept first hit the headlines from 2008 to 2010, and now its back in a landscape version.

02-08-2016

Le Corbusier's projects become UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Seventeen buildings and urban planning projects by Le Corbusier, realised in seven different countries, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. A further acknowledgement of the outstanding contribution by this master of architecture to the Modern Movement.