Tag Zurich

09-12-2022
Gus Wüstemann: Affordable housing for the Baechi Foundation in Zurich
A project providing simple, affordable housing for the people of Zurich’s Albisrieden district, commissioned by the Baechi Foundation, offers Gus Wüstemann an opportunity to reflect on improvement of spatial quality in living spaces.

18-05-2020
Philippe Starck’s restyling of La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich
French architect and designer Philippe Starck directed the restyling of the Hotel Eden au Lac on Lake Zurich. The new five-star hotel, now called "La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich", offers customers the experience of an imaginary yacht club with majestic interiors of timeless, classic elegance from which to enjoy stupendous panoramic views of the lake and the city.

18-03-2020
Barozzi/Veiga: Tanzhaus cultural centre and school of dance, Zurich
Barozzi/Veiga closed the year 2019 with another important project after winning an international competition: the new Tanzhaus in Zurich, a strong architectural symbol transforming the riverside promenade along the Limmat.

29-03-2018
Escher Park and House B residential projects by E2A in Zurich
Two different residential projects in Zurich by E2A, the studio of brothers and architects Piet and Wim Eckert, composed of 11 residential blocks and one single-family home.

21-03-2018
Swiss Re Next
Swiss Re Next is the name of the new open space offices of the Zurich-based insurance company. Diener & Diener’s Swiss Re Next building, with its undulating glass continuous façade, was built on the site of the company’s old headquarters, constructed in the ’60s by architect Werner Stücheli, now demolished.

07-03-2018
Christ & Gantenbein: expansion of the Landesmuseum in Zurich
Christ & Gantenbein were involved in the renovation and expansion of the Landesmuseum, the Swiss national museum in Zurich. Christ & Gantenbein’s new body arises out of the older historicist museum, completing the idea of an island of culture in the heart of Zurich.

20-12-2017
Duplex Architekten wins the Baffa-Rivolta European Architecture Award
Duplex Architekten’s social housing project has won the sixth biennial prize awarded by the Order of Architects of Milan. Special mentions were awarded to C.F. Møller Architects, Muller Sigrist Architekten and Froetscher Lichtenwagner.

01-11-2017
Hirzenbach Tower, Boltshauser Architekten
Swiss firm Boltshauer Architekten has designed a 12-storey residential tower in the Hirzenbach district of Zurich, which combines its connection with the modernist context with the flexible concepts of the actual apartments.

16-08-2017
Alice House 2 - Counter City installation in Zurich
An experimental format for collaborative design and construction by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ended with the realisation of an architectural installation in Zurich.