St. Josef Parish Centre / Frei + Saarinen Architekten
Architects: Frei + Saarinen Architekten
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Design Team: Barbara Frei, Martin Saarinen; Nicolaj Bechtel, Stefan Wülser, Corina Trunz, David Winzeler, Bastien Turpin
Client: Roman-Catholic Church Zurich
Build Area: 1,200 m2 Usable Area
Finishing Material: Floor / Wall / Ceiling
Floor: Brushed, Coloured and Sealed Parquet (Oak)
Completion: 2010
Photographs: Hannes Henz & Frei + Saarinen Architekten
Sport and leisure centre Promulins / Mierta & Kurt Lazzarini Architekten
Architects: Mierta & Kurt Lazzarini Architekten
Location: Samedan, Switzerland
Design Team: Sandra Kaupp, Gunilla Klemp, Lena-Maria Philipp
Project Year: 2012
Project Area: 1,270 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Mierta & Kurt Lazzarini Architekten
Commercial Building Islas / Mierta & Kurt Lazzarini Architekten
Architects: Mierta & Kurt Lazzarini Architekten
Location: Samedan, Switzerland
Project Year: 2012
Project Area: 1,540 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Mierta & Kurt Lazzarini Architekten
Venice Biennale 2012: Switzerland Pavilion
After being nominated to represent Switzerland at the 2012 architecture biennale in Venice, architect and university professor Miroslav Šik decided to join forces with two other swiss firms -Knapkiewicz + Fickert from Zurich and Miller & Maranta from Basel- with whom he has been working together for many years. They have created what they call “an ensemble and atmosphere approach to urban architecture”, and decided to illustrate these concepts by putting together images of their own buildings and projects to create a collage-style exhibition.
See more pictures and read the architect’s description of the pavilion after the break:
House D / HHF Architects
Architects: HHF Architects
Location: Nuglar, Switzerland
Design Team: Markus Leixner, Anna Smorodinsky, Mio Tsuneyama
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Tom Bisig
Private House / Gramazio & Kohler
Architects: Gramazio & Kohler
Location: Uster, Switzerland
Architect In Charge: Raffael Gaus
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Roman Keller
Winery Gantenbein / Gramazio & Kohler + Bearth & Deplazes Architekten
Architects: Gramazio & Kohler, Bearth & Deplazes Architekten
Location: Fläsch, Switzerland
Architect In Charge: Tobias Bonwetsch
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Ralph Feiner, Courtesy of Gramazio & Kohler
Public Toilets / Gramazio & Kohler
Architects: Gramazio & Kohler
Location: Uster, Switzerland
Architect In Charge: Sarah Schneider
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Gramazio & Kohler
Kirchplatz Office + Residence / Oppenheim Architecture + Design
Architects: Oppenheim Architecture + Design
Location: Muttenz, Switzerland
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Borje Müller
Housing Development / kit Architects
Designed by kit Architects, in collaboration with schibliholenstein architekten, the winning proposal for a 33 apartment housing development in Nuerensdorf, Zurich, Switerland consists of six buildings, which occupy the land equally. The loose alternating arrangement allows multiple connections to the open countryside in the north and to the garden framed single and multi-family dwellings in the immediate neighborhood. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Feldbalz House / Gus Wüstemann
Architects: Gus Wüstemann
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Project Team: Marta B. Goñi, Rodrigo Iturrieta
Project Year: 2008
Project Area: 276.0 sqm
Photographs: Bruno Helbling
VoltaMitte / Christ & Gantenbein
Architects: Christ & Gantenbein
Location: Basle, Switzerland
Design Team: Mona Farag, Marion Clauss, Stefan Heiniger, Laura Schneider, Mathias Sehn, David Vaner
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti
WohnWerk / Christ & Gantenbein
Architects: Christ & Gantenbein
Location: Basle, Switzerland
Design Team: Julia Tobler, Tabea Lachenmann, Berend Frenzel, Nicole Ritschard, Marcus Kopper, Anette Schick
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Roman Keller
Flashback: Signal Box / Herzog & de Meuron
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Project Year: 1994
Photographs: Nelson Garrido
Office Building in Liestal / Christ & Gantenbein
Architects: Christ & Gantenbein
Location: Liestal, Switzerland
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Roman Keller
Primary and Secondary School Proposal / RaichdelRio
With the challenge to design a large primary and secondary school in Allscwhil, a low density residential zone in the only free spot in the area, this proposal seeks to maintain the public void by formalizing a close relationship to the environment. By doing so, RaichdelRio estudi d’arquitectura achieves a big scale program in a small town appearance, being both coherent with the environment and with his use. More images and architects’ description after the break.
In Progress Update: Messe Basel / Herzog & de Meuron
Last November, ArchDaily reported on the new additions to Messe Basel – a multifunctional exhibition building that is designed to become a destination for the public. The project is designed by Basel architecture firm, Herzog & de Meuron and will include additions and relocations of the existing halls of the building. The existing hall will be extended via a three-story addition will replace two existing exhibition halls and include various scales of venues to attract different groups and events. New connections between parts of the building will be bridged with overhead walkways and transparencies between spaces. For a look at the early construction phase, click here.
More updates on the project after the break.
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Avenue de France Administrative Building / Group8
Architects: Group8
Location: Genève, Switzerland
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Régis Golay
Dominique Perrault Wins Competition for Esplanade Tower in Fribourg
Dominique Perrault Architecture, the French practice recently awarded with the opportunity to build a tower called The Blade in Seoul as part of Daniel Libeskind’s master plan, has now been announced as winner of a concept/construction international competition for the Esplanade Tower in downtown Fribourg, Switzerland. The high rise is part of regeneration project of the Swiss Federal Railways at the site of the former Pilettes Station.
More after the break.
Riethüsli Primary School / MPP Architekten
Located on top of a plateau, which is abruptly ended by a sloped edge, the strong topographical element of the Riethüsli Primary School leads to a severe breaking point between the site and its surrounding context. Designed by MPP Architekten, the aim of the concept is to let the school act as an urban communicator. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Jansen Campus / Davide Macullo Architects
Architects: Davide Macullo Architects
Location: Oberriet, SG, Switzerland
Client: Jansen AG
Principal: Davide Macullo
Project architect: Lorenza Tallarini
Design collaborators: Ah Lom Kim; Aileen Forbes-Munnelly; Karen Abernethy; Michele Alberio; Samuela Pfund; Alias Spa – Grumello del Monte I; Sara SA – Tenero TI; Stoll Giroflex – Lenzburg AG
Completion: May 2012
Total floor area: 3,300 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Davide Macullo Architects
