Tag Switzerland

08-01-2014

Shigeru Ban’s Tamedia offices: architecture that’s all about details in Zurich

Known for his focus on sustainability and the architectural potential of humble but long-lasting materials, Shigeru Ban built an office building for the Tamedia Group overlooking Sihl canal in Zurich. The Japanese architect has designed a building with an exposed frame, a double skin of glass and a joint connecting the column and the beam.

27-11-2013

Architecture and landscape: Mostra “Lookout. Architecture with a view”

S AM, Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel, is exhibiting “Architecture with a view” from 9 November 2013 to 9 February 2014 to showcase lookouts and towers built during the last 15 years for visual and sustainable use of the land.

25-11-2013

Lookout. Architecture with a view exhibition

The S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel hosts the first ever exhibition about the architecture of lookouts, including not only platforms and towers but all aspects of the idea of using the landscape for the purposes of tourism.

08-11-2013

Alto Adige 2013 architecture prize

The Alto Adige Architecture Prize, a biennial award for the best projects in Alto Adige, will be awarded for the seventh time this year.

ALBERTO CAMPO BAEZA<br />
2014 RIBA INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

09-10-2013

ALBERTO CAMPO BAEZA
2014 RIBA INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

Architect Alberto Campo Baeza received the RIBA International Fellowship, an award RIBA presents to non-British architects for results achieved on the world architecture scene.

24-09-2013

PAROLE. 2013 Swiss Awards for Bureau A.

A project that explores ethics and aesthetics and their relationship with architecture has won the federal competition for architecture in the 2013 Swiss Art Awards, rewarding the work of Bureau A, that Livegreenblog has already discussed in the past.