Auckland in New Zealand has topped the ranking in the 2021 EIU's annual world's most liveable city survey. Classifying 140 cities across five categories including stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure, this year’s edition of the review has been highly affected by the global pandemic. Australia, Japan, and New Zealand took leading positions, while European and Canadian cities fell down the ranking.
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World's Most Liveable Cities in 2021: Auckland in New Zealand Tops the Ranking
Pré-Bois Building / BDA&E
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Architects: BDA&E
- Area: 4110 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: AGB Bautechnik, Metallover, Moll, Prelco, SOTTAS, +2
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Professionals: Pragma Partenaire, EDMS, Buri Müller Partner GmbH
"We Can Be Catalysts for Change": Designer Fauzia Khanani on Pioneering New Prototypes for the Future
Fauzia Khanani is no stranger to challenging the status quo. Working on a range of projects around the globe, from New York and Zurich to Budapest and Geneva, she continues to rethink the process of design across the built environment. Her firm, Studio For, is pioneering new prototypes for the future of work in a post pandemic era. At the same time, she's working on a number of pro-bono conceptual community-driven projects.
CODHA Apartment Building / Dreier Frenzel Architecture + Communication
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Architects: Dreier Frenzel Architecture + Communication
- Area: 17100 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Vectorworks, Baumgartner Fenster, Kone, Schärholzbau
Geneva Villa / JM Architecture
Lake House / ARRCC + SAOTA
- Area: 1553 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Focus, Lumion, B&B Italia, Caesarstone, Minotti, +3
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Professionals: ARRCC, Boccard Parcs et Jardins, Egg-Tesla, Perrin Frères, SB Technique, +1
Chemin Byron House / Olson Kundig
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Architects: Olson Kundig
- Area: 6006 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Caesarstone, Calacutta Tucci, Concordia Schist, San Marco, Schotten & Hansen, +1
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Professionals: Nocea Architecture, Thomas Jundt Ingénieurs Civils, O-Lighting
The Permanent Weekend House / Comte/Meuwly
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Architects: Comte/Meuwly
- Area: 140 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: EGM, Gachet, Lanthmann Constructuon Bois, Reynobond
Aigues-Vertes Senior Center / 3BM3 Atelier d’Architecture SA – C. Stendardo et B. Montant
Villa LAC House / GMAA – GM Architectes Associés
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Architects: GMAA – GM Architectes Associés
- Area: 550 m²
- Year: 2018
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Professionals: Wirtz International, Jacquet SA
Mr. Barrett’s House / BUREAU (Daniel Zamarbide, Carine Pimenta, Galliane Zamarbide)
EPFL Students Build Wooden Pavilions Around Lake Geneva's Shores
150 first-year EPFL architecture students are creating architecture installations and gardens around the Buvette d'Evian near Lake Geneva in France. In response to a request from the French-speaking Switzerland chapter of the Swiss Architects’ Federation (FAS), EPFL agreed to study how to better protect architectural heritage even outside of Switzerland. Students tested their designs on the Swiss side of the lake before construction, and the new designs aim to bring La Buvette back to life.
The World's Most Liveable Cities in 2019
For ten consecutive years, Vienna ranks first in the Mercer survey on cities with the best quality of life in the world. In this edition to the global ranking, eight Western European cities join the top ten, even when "trade tensions and populist undercurrents continue to dominate the global economic climate", as Mercer points out in its report.
MCI Headquarters Office Design / Bloomint Design
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Architects: Bloomint Design
- Area: 3000 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Buzzispace, Actiu, Boqa, Sancal, Vergés
Raymond Uldry Business School / meier + associés architectes
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Architects: meier + associés architectes
- Area: 17400 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Forbo Flooring Systems, Glas Trösch, Griesser, STAHLTO, Stahlton, +2
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Professionals: AAB Stryjenski & Monti, ab ingénieurs, BCS, BG ingénieurs conseils, Ney & Hurni, +3
Herzog & de Meuron Wins Competition for Swiss Bank Headquarters Overlooking Lake Geneva
Herzog & de Meuron, with local firm Favre & Guth, has been selected as the winners of an international competition for the design of a new global headquarters for private banking company Lombard Odier to be located in Bellevue, Switzerland on Lake Geneva.
Responding to the competition theme of ‘One Roof,’ the design consists of a single building in which all sides are given equal prominence, with no obvious front or back. Herzog & de Meuron’s winning proposal achieves this through its glassy facade and sweeping flooplates supported by slender columns.
Steven Holl Architects Designs Colored Photovoltaic Glass Building for Doctors Without Borders' Geneva Office
Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) has selected Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Rüssli Architekten as the winners of an international competition for the design of their new Geneva Operational Center, beating out proposals from Pool Architekten & Mak Architecture, Sauerbruch Hutton, Emilio Tuñon Arquitectos & Ruckstuhl Architekten, Blue Architects, and Consortium Sou Foujimoto with The New Talent Workshop.
Clad in an innovative colored photovoltaic glass facade system, the energy-efficient building will provide flexible work and social spaces for more than 250 employees.