Tag Switzerland

15-04-2015

International Ocean Film Tour 2015, Livegreenblog goes blue

After its success in 2014, the International Ocean Film Tour – an outpouring of love for the oceans, fundamental ecosystems for life on planet Earth – is heading off for the second time.

02-04-2015

The Art of Attentiveness and Gerry Hofstetter in Milan

The light installation designed by artist Gerry Hofstetter has transformed the façade of Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan into a work of art.

18-03-2015

Actescollectifs landfill project in Switzerland

The Swiss architects of Actescollectifs have designed a waste disposal facility that maximises the practicality and economy of materials without compromising on aesthetics, proving that architecture is useful to and at the service of all.

16-03-2015

Angela Deuber has won the third arcVision Prize – Women and Architecture

The winner of the third arcVision Prize – Women and Architecture was announced on March 6: architect Angela Deuber. A special prize goes to Paula Nascimento with honourable mentions for architects Kate Otten (South Africa), Patama Roonrakwit (Thailand) and Samira Rathod (India).

04-02-2015

Chetzeron Hotel, a hotel in the Alps

A hotel in the Alps, 2112 metres above sea level, which can be reached only on foot, on skis or by snowmobile. Actescollectifs has converted an old cableway station in the heart of the Swiss Alps into a hotel with sixteen rooms, a restaurant and the peace that can only be found at the top of a mountain.

09-01-2015

K.I.S.S., apartment building in Zurich by Camenzind Evolution

Swiss architecture firm, Camenzind Evolution designed K.

07-01-2015

The Art of Attentiveness and Gerry Hofstetter’s light installations

For the Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) campaign titled “The Art of Attentiveness”, artist Gerry Hofstetter designed some light installations on monuments in a number of European cities. These installations call to mind the fictional images of Kryps, Polish artist and main character of the storytelling in Architecture on the web, edited by Paolo Schianchi.

05-01-2015

Antoine or an experience in the Swiss Alps, Bureau A

Swiss architecture studio, Bureau A has designed “Antoine”, a tiny refuge in the Alps.