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International Sports Sciences Institute / Karamuk Kuo

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Located on the University of Lausanne campus, the compact form unites four public and private institutions to create a new center of competence for researching and teaching sports science. Its quiet exterior belies a bustling beehive of exchange inside. This new building provides diverse spaces for collective use, promoting formal and informal collaborations between the organizations while being open and inviting to the university.

Meret Oppenheim Hochhaus / Herzog & de Meuron

Paula Pintos — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Site. SBB is one of Switzerland’s largest landowners. This national railway company owns land in prime locations of the urban centers across the country. This previously underutilized potential of real estate has been increasingly developed in the last years, thus contributing to the densification of urban centers around the main stations of Basel, Zurich, Lucerne, and other cities. Such densification and urban renewal project is the Meret Oppenheim Hochhaus, located in the Gundeldinger Quarter of Basel.

Eyhof Housing / Adrian Streich Architekten AG

Andreas Luco — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 02:00:00 +0000

The Eyhof housing estate is located in the midst of the green Albisrieden district, which is part of a garden city extending from Albisgüetli to Schlieremer Berg. Contiguous housing estates constructed in the late 1940s define the surroundings of the Eyhof. Residential buildings arranged in rows are carefully embedded in the topography, forming flowing green spaces. The neighbouring open spaces of the In der Ey and Letzi schoolhouses supplement the district’s spatial structure with park-like facilities. Scattered buildings from subsequent decades notwithstanding, the district exhibits a homogeneous architecture.

Modern Times Hotel / Itten+Brechbühl

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000

Designed by the architectural practice of IttenBrechbühl and constructed by the main contractor HRS, Modern Times Hotel enjoys a perfect location amongst the hills above the town of Vevey. It sits adjacent to the motorway for easy access by car, only a stones-throw from the new Charlie Chaplin Museum with the mountains, the heart of Vevey itself, and the famous UNESCO World Heritage site of the Lavaux vineyards closeby. Thanks to its highly visible location, the buildings seems to welcome its visitors with open arms just after they leave the main road. Modern Times Hotel has become a new gateway to the region and is emblematic of Charlie Chaplin’s presence in Vevey.

Charlie Chaplin Museum / Itten+Brechbühl

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:00:00 +0000

Last 16th April, Chaplin’s World, a museum dedicated to Charlie Chaplin, was inaugurated after more than 2 years of construction. Conceived by the IttenBrechbühl SA of ce and realised by the general contractor HRS Real Estate SA, the project integrates a new large-scale building that is both sober and modern as well as the restoration and transformation of the Manoir de Ban and its outbuildings in a preserved rural environment.

EPFL QUARTIER NORD SwissTech Convention Center Retail and Student Housing / RDR Architectes

Fernanda Castro — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

On the eastern edge of the site, student housing and commercial and service areas provide a clear border on the public plaza. Extending to the south to include the Metro station, shops and restaurants are sheltered by a covered gallery with the hotel and student lodgings above. The large scale of the building is mediated through a series of articulations and variations in height of the different volumes that make up the complex. Only the central bodies of the building are carried up to level eight at the top. The outer facades clad in serigraphed glass and aluminium louvers maintain a clear dialogue with the convention center, the coloured window jambs anticipate the exuberance of the inner courtyard.

Tamedia Office Building / Shigeru Ban Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Innovation

Messe Basel New Hall / Herzog & de Meuron

Nico Saieh — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Urban and entrepreneurial planning

Ice Rink In Bern / Ipas Architects

Victoria King — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Ice rink ‘PostFinance Arena’ in Bern, Switzerland

School Centre In Opfikon / e2a

Andrew Rosenberg — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The School Centre is part of the extension of the school campus Lättenwiese, which was built in the 70ties. The extension foresees two buildings added on the edges of the campus connecting the old town of Opfikon with the emerging area Zurich North, and thus creating a new urban orientation of the school campus. The low, wide volume of the School Centre refers to the scale of the old town.