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House in Lupsingen / Luca Selva Architects

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , , ,

Architect: Luca Selva Architects
Location: Lupsingen near Basel, Switzerland
Client: Private
Project year: 2004-2005
Project architect: Christoph Rothenhöfer
Civil engineer: Bitterli + Partner Ingenieure AG, Gelterkinden, Switzerland
Building physicist: reber.physics, Riehen, Switzerland
Photographs: Ruedi Walti, Menga von Sprecher

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House Gross / EM2N

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Refurbishment , Selected , , ,

Architects: EM2N
Location: Greifensee, Switzerland
Programme: new building: 3 childrens’ rooms, 1 bathroom, 2 patios, 1 home cinema/hobby room
Client: Private
Engineers: Tragwerk Bauingenieure GmbH, Zürich
Design year: 2003-2008
Constructed Area: new building: 67 sqm, conversion ground floor: 127 sqm
Photographs: Hannes Henz

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A house for Art / Luca Selva Architects

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , ,

Architects: Luca Selva Architects
Location: Binningen, Switzerland
Project year: 2008
Collaborators: Barbara Andres, Roger Braccini
Site Manager: Sabin Achermann
Landscape Architects: August Künzel Landschaftsarchitekten, Basel
Structural Engineer: Walther Mory Maier, Basel
Photographs: Ruedi Walti

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House in Scaiano / Wespi de Meuron

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , ,

Architects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects
Location: Scaiano, Switzerland
Site Area: 330 sqm
Construction Area: 70 sqm
Project year: 2005
Photographs: Hannes Henz

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Swiss contemporary architecture week

By Marco Castroni — Filed under: News , , , , , , , ,

From april 18 to april 26, 2009, Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects (SIA) organizes the Contemporary Architecture Week. All along the week, visits to more than 100 contemporary buildings will be organized and led by each building’s author. In the same days, a series of conferences will be held in Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg and Bern. The list of all visits and conferences can be downloaded here and here.

Wood house in Caviano / Wespi de Meuron

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , , , ,

Architects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects
Location: Caviano, Switzerland
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Wespi de Meuron

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The Therme Vals / Peter Zumthor

By Elena O'Grady — Filed under: Hotels and Restaurants , Leisure , Selected , , , ,

THE THERME VALS BUILDING

Built over the only thermal springs in the Graubunden Canton in Switzerland, The Therme Vals is a hotel and spa in one which combines a complete sensory experience designed by Peter Zumthor.

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Mercier House, Lausanne

By Marco Castroni — Filed under: Architectural Photography , Skyscrapers , Theory and History , ,

Architects:  Francis Isoz
Location: Rue du Grand Chêne 8, Lausanne, Switzerland
Project Year: 1898-1900
Client: Jean-Jacques Mercier

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Public Records Office Canton Basel-Landschaft / EM2N

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Institutional Architecture , Offices , Selected , ,

Architects: EM2N
Location: Liestal, Switzerland
Project team: Bernd Druffel, Marc Holle, Fredrik Johansson, Katharina Klinger, Thilo Kroeschell, Satu Marjanen, Claudia Meier, Mathias Müller, Daniel Niggli, Claudia Peter, Christoph Rothenhöfer
Programme: Shelter rooms for cultural assets / Archive extension / New office spaces for archivists / Customers‘ area and reading room
Client: Department for Construction and Environmental Protection, Canton Basel-Landschaft, represented by the Office for Building Contruction (Hochbauamt)
Engineers: Walt + Galmarini Bauingenieure AG, Zurich
Contractor: Otto + Partner AG, Liestal
Facade Planners: Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG, Muenchenstein
Design year: 2001-2007
Construction year: 2005-2007
Constructed Area: 4,705 sqm
Photographs: Hannes Henz

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Brione House / Wespi de Meuron

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , ,

Architects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects
Location: Brione sopra Minusio, TI, Switzerland
Construction Supervision: Guscetti Arch. Dipl., 6648 Minusio
Engineer: Anastasi SA, 6604 Locarno
Building Physics: IFEC Consulenze SA, 6802 Rivera
Contractor: Merlini + Ferrari SA, 6648 Minusio
Carpenter: Erich Keller AG, 8583 Sulgen
Project year: 2004-2005
Photographs: Hannes Henz

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Private residence in Geneva / Charles Pictet

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , , ,

Architects: Charles Pictet Architecte FAS SIA
Location: Colony, Switzerland
Collaborator: Anjéla Aubert, architecte DPLG
Engineering: ESM, Jérôme Ponti, Genève
Project Year: 2003-2005
Photographs: Francesca Giovanelli

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Waterflux / R&Sie(n)

By Ethel Baraona Pohl — Filed under: Featured , Museums and Libraries , ,

Architects: R&Sie(n)
Location: Évolène, Switzerland
Creative Team: François Roche, Stéphanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro
Engineer: Guscetti & Tournier, Geneva
Interior Design: R&Sie(n) + Mathieu Lehanneur (furnitures)
Museum design concept and apparatus: Mathieu Lehanneur
Key dimensions: 1,000 sqm
Client: Maison des Alpes, Public Foundation
Photographs: ©François Roche/R&Sie(n)

“Mais voilà qu’en travers de notre route se dressa une silhouette voilée, de proportions beaucoup plus vaste que celles d’aucun habitant de la terre. Et la couleur de la peau de la silhouette était de la blancheur parfaite de la neige… ”
E. A. Poe, les Aventures de Gordon Pym, traduction C. Baudelaire.

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Temporary chapel for the Deaconesses of St-Loup - Localarchitecture

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Religious Architecture , Selected , , ,

Architects: Localarchitecture & Danilo Mondada
Location: Hôpital de St-Loup, Switzerland
Project year: 2008
Structure: IBOIS - Hani Buri, Yves Weinand
Client: Deaconess Community of St-Loup
Photographs: Milo Keller ©2008

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Brunner house / Luca Selva Architects

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Refurbishment , Selected , ,

Architects: Luca Selva Architects
Location: Witterswil near Basel, Switzerland
Project year: 2005-2006
Project Architect: David Gschwind
Copper Contractor: Leonhardt AG, Basel, Switzerland
Main Contractor: Risi Holzbau AG, Allschwil, Switzerland
Photographs: Ruedi Walti

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Kulturfabrik Kofmehl / ssm Architekten

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Industrial Architecture , Selected , , ,

Architects: ssm Architekten ag
Location: Solothurn, Switzerland
Project year: 2004
Construction year: 2005
Engineering: H. Katzenstein AG
Constructed Area: 1,720 sqm
Photographs: Hansruedi Riesen

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Kunsthaus Art House Extension / ssm Architekten

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , Selected , , ,

Architects: ssm Architekten ag
Location: Grenchen, Switzerland
Project year: 2005
Construction year: 2007-2008
Landscape: bbzlandschaftsarchitekten
Site Area: 3,838 sqm
Constructed Area: 458.5 sqm

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Walensee House / km Architektur

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Housing , Selected , , ,

Architects: km Architektur
Location: Walensee, Switzerland
Project Year: 2007
Site Area: 690 sqm
Constructed Area: 140 sqm

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Sempachersee Golf Club / Smolenicky & Partner

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Interiors , Selected , Sports Architecture , ,

Architect: Smolenicky & Partner Architektur GmbH
Location: Sempach, Switzerland
Project year: 2005
Construction year: 2007
Client: Sempachesee Golf Club
Site Area: 4,500 sqm
Photographs: Walter Mair

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House Presenhuber / AFGH

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , ,

Architects: AFGH
Location: CH-7557 Vnà, GR, Switzerland
Project year: 2006-2007
Construction year: 2006-2007
Client: Eva Presenhuber
Planners: Jon Andrea Könz
Budget: 900.000 CHF (US $866.551)
Constructed Area: 224 sqm
Photographs: Valentin Jeck

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House Müller Gritsch / AFGH

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , ,

Architects: AFGH
Location: CH-5600 Lenzburg, AG, Switzerland
Project year: 2005-2006
Construction year: 2006-2007
Client: Barbara Müller, Stefan Gritsch
Commissioner: the City of Almere, the Netherlands, DMO NME, Hans Warrink
Planners: Peter Camenzind AG, wood prefab
Budget: 580.000 CHF (US $564.477)
Constructed Area: 232 sqm
Photographs: Valentin Jeck

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