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Depot Hard High-Rise Ensemble / Morger Partner Architekten

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Two high-rise buildings on a 4-story base form an ensemble with the Swisscom Tower and the Escher Terraces, marking a gateway to the Zurich West quarter.

Vocational School for Building Trades / Gunz & Künzle Architekt*innen

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0000

The new vocational school for construction trades is located in a central area of Zurich, Switzerland. Gunz & Künzle Architects designed the building to maximize the number of classrooms while also creating valuable public spaces for the neighborhood.

Bellerivestrasse 36 Zürich Office Building / C.F. Møller

Valeria Silva — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +0000

The transformation of Bellerivestrasse 36 into a contemporary, climate-friendly office building by C.F. Møller Architects is an excellent example of the firm's commitment to improving the lives of users and the planet. Located in a prime setting on the shores of Lake Zürich, this 1974 outdated office building was modernized to meet contemporary sustainability standards without sacrificing its architectural heritage. The project's most significant achievement is its integration of sustainable practices with aesthetic and social value, turning the formerly closed structure into a vibrant, energy-efficient workplace.

Dynamic Frame Office Building / balbek bureau + EM2N

Andreas Luco — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:00:00 +0000

Dynamic Frame is the office of the eponymous film production company in the center of Zurich, Switzerland. At the request of the clients, the bureau developed a design of a multifunctional space that meets the needs of different areas of the company. The space includes editing studios, a small cinema, a warehouse, a kitchen with a dining room, and an open space for a team of 14 people.

University Children’s Hospital Zurich / Herzog & de Meuron

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The new University Children's Hospital lies in Zürich-Lengg, at the foot of a hill known as Burghölzli. It is adjacent to other hospital buildings from several eras and is the largest facility for children and adolescents in Switzerland. It consists of two buildings: the acute-care hospital and the research and teaching facility. The acute-care hospital to the south consists of a three-story concrete frame with intricate wooden infills that blend into the landscape. The interior functions like a town: the medical specialties are neighborhoods with squares and connecting streets. On each of the three floors, a central main street runs past various green courtyards that provide orientation and bring daylight into the building. The patients' rooms on the roof are like individual cottages.

Deaconry Bethanien / E2A

Cristobal Rojas — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The plane-like building volume can be interpreted as a solitary gesture. The orthogonal form of the plane plays off of the typologies present in the surrounding urban fabric, which is characterized by manufacturing plants. The diagonal relationships resulting from this strategy create the basis for the structure of the exterior spaces.

Negrelli Bridge / ARGE Negrelli

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Zurich, Negrelli Bridge and the dense railway network. Together they emit a remarkable inviting charm, despite its cold industrial character. One term comes to mind - industrial warmth - dirty old town. Is the bridge a place to be? Why not. A sunset on the bridge is just as spectacular as in the Swiss Alps. You just trade the mountain backdrop for a variety of concrete facades and the view of trains accelerating through the onset of dusk, as if trying to escape the darkness and catch up with the dissolving day. The two area developments Zollstrasse and Europaallee densify Zurich’s city centre along the edges of the railway track field. As a path across the open track area, the Negrellisteg provides unobstructed views and a superordinate orientation within the urban fabric. The Negrellisteg links the network of paths between city districts 4 and 5, while at the same time offering a unique opportunity to experience the crossing of the tracks as a brief pause for breath and a view against the backdrop of a remarkable urban panorama. The bridge is a further landmark in the track field, which emphasises its symbolic nature through its clear design amidst the flickering of the numerous railway installations.

Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) Global Conference: Future Cities: Through Science. By Design. In Place. Over Time.

Rene Submissions — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:00:00 +0000

The ongoing, rapid urbanization has significant effects on the future of urban development and the coexistence of people. This presents us with great challenges. Traditional functional planning models can no longer adequately capture the complex interrelationships and different influencing factors. A new, holistic understanding of urban planning that considers the interactions of sustainable design principles and can enhance the quality of life in cities is required. This should develop visionary approaches that anticipate and address future needs and challenges.

The Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) Global is an international research collaboration between ETH Zurich and the Singapore universities NUS, NTU, and

House with an Eye / Studio Anna Jach

Andreas Luco — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000

A very narrow but highly frequented street, with reduced parking possibility for the contractors, the client wanted to move back in as soon as possible (short construction time). Sustainability is the key aspect of building construction: massive reduction of the carbon footprint by the usage of local wood and local insulation material (blown-in cellulose).

GLC Building ETH Zürich / Boltshauser Architekten

Paula Pintos — Wed, 10 May 2023 03:00:00 +0000

The GLC building of ETH Zurich serves teaching and research at the interface between health sciences and technology. It is part of the dense conglomeration of buildings that make up Zurich’s university quarter and fits into an ensemble originating in the Semper Polytechnic and university building from the middle of the 19^th century and which has evolved continuously to this day. As part of the 2012/2020 Real Property Strategy, the ETH decided to build a new center for the departments of health sciences and technology, information technology, and electrical engineering at the site of the hydraulic engineering, hydrology and glaciology research institute (VAW), holding a competition in 2010/2011 for this building which is now referred to by the abbreviation GLC.

Residential Barn / BE ARCHITEKTUR GMBH, Boris Egli dipl. Architekt FH REG A SIA

Paula Pintos — Tue, 02 May 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Around 15 buildings form a hamlet zone in a rural, mainly agricultural setting. This new home in the hamlet feels obliged to honor the area’s historical context.

B4 House Conversion and Extension / weberbrunner architekten ag

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 17:00:00 +0000

This single-family house is part of one of the oldest sections of Witikon, an outlying neighborhood on a panoramic south-facing slope with a view of Zurich. The compact cubic building was built in 1927 and is characterized by the Heimatstil and neoclassical architectural forms. The existing building has been restored, converted, and extended on the ground and basement floors with a new addition.

St Peter & Paul Courthouse / Knorr & Pürckhauer Architekten

Andreas Luco — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Knorr & pürckhauer architekten has completed a new building in zurich, which is located in the courtyard of a perimeter block development. the architects explain that these types of structures are commonly found across the city with uses ranging from workshops, offices, and medical practices to studios or even art galleries. this particular courtyard structure, located in zurich’s werd district, has been designed as an extension of a church’s retirement center. knorr & pürckhauer architekten, a firm led by philipp knorr and moritz pürckhauer, was asked to provide additional space for an existing retirement center run by the st. peter and paul parish church foundation.

Encounter Iced Sound Pavilion / rotative studio

Andreas Luco — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 13:00:00 +0000

The Zürich-Rotterdam-based architecture practice rotative studio (a collaboration between architects and urban designers Alexandra Sonnemans and Caterina Viguera) was invited by Zürich-based composer and musician Ramon Landolt, to create a pavilion in public space on the occasion of his project ‘Iced Sound’, for which he composed ‘music by and for glaciers’, through field recordings, algorithm processing and performances with various artists in Alpine glacier caves and crevasses.

On Labs - New Global Headquarters for On running / Specific Generic + Spillmann Echsle Architekten

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 03:00:00 +0000

The Swiss brand On, a performance running shoe company, recently expanded their office space to
accommodate their growing workforce. Specific Generic and Spillmann Echsle Arkitekten was asked to
design a functional, flexible and attractive work environment that communicates the brand's values, all
designs have been executed in close collaboration with the On in-house team.

VBZ Busgarage Facility / Pool Architekten

Paula Pintos — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 03:00:00 +0000

A simple, sculptural building forms the striking western end of the VBZ / ERZ facility in Hardau. In order to leave as much space as possible for the future development of the area, the interventions concentrate on the southern layer of the perimeter and thus on the alignment of the existing parking garage. By combining the salt silo and the trough system with the office wing, free space on Bullingerstrasse is created and traffic optimized.

Daylight Awareness Week 2022 | Journey of Light: from Space to our Cells

Rene Submissions — Wed, 04 May 2022 09:15:00 +0000

The “Daylight Awareness Week” is organised in the context of the UNESCO International Day of Light. In addition to its core mission of connecting daylight experts and encouraging creativity and innovation, the Daylight Academy seeks to disseminate knowledge and create awareness of the impact daylight can have on human and nature. This series of online talks is part of this ongoing effort and is intended for non-specialists, citizens, students, and stakeholders interested in daylight research.

This year, the Daylight Awareness Week takes us on a long and fascinating journey to explore how light travels from the sun into our cells. A

Fundraising Auction of Architectural Drawings: Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine.

Rene Submissions — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000

The organisers will buy humanitarian aid (medicines, hygiene materials etc.) and will directly send it to the Ukrainian border.

How: An auction, with a fixed minimum price of 10 CHF per image (for most images).

Participants: Peter Märkli, Jan De Vylder / Inge Vinck, Alexander Brodsky, Philippe Rahm, Ted'A Arquitectes, MAIO, FALA, Daniel Zamarbide (Bureau), Oana Stanescu, NOMOS, Christian Dupraz, Leopold Banchini, Jack Self / Real Review, Ciro Miguel, Sujets Objets, Amélia Brandão & Rodrigo da Costa Lima, Mulder & Zonderland, Comte & Meuwly, Piovene Fabi, Iiiiiisla, Kwong von Glinow, Hadi Madwar, YKRA, Fragment.in, Christina Roman Diaz, Simon Husslein, Bene Wahlbrink,