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Architects: Adrian Streich Architekten AG
- Year: 2017
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Green City Residential Building / Adrian Streich Architekten AG
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.
Two Family House / Hajnoczky.Zanchetta Architekten + Angela Waibel
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Architects: Angela Waibel, Hajnoczky.Zanchetta Architekten
- Area: 260 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Falu Vapen
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Professionals: Caesar Macchi Ingenieur
Mobile Housing Vulkanplatz / HDPF
Affordable Housing in Zurich / Gus Wüstemann
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Architects: Gus Wüstemann Architects
- Area: 1115 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Louis Poulsen, Sky-Frame, Agosti, Atlas Schindler, Cremer Bruhin, +10
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Professionals: Born Partner AG, Corti AG, Gartenmann Engineering AG
Apartment Building Waffenplatzstrasse / AFGH
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Architects: AFGH
- Area: 1110 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: -, Biene Fenster
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Professionals: Leuthard Baumanagement, Pini Swiss Engineers
House Alder / AFGH
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Architects: AFGH
- Area: 525 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Meienberger + Egger, Velfac, WALO Bertschinger
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Professionals: Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG
Herzog & de Meuron design a "Hovering Trapezoid Structure" for the University of Zurich
Herzog & de Meuron has released details of their proposed Forum UZH, creating a new center for education and research on the city campus of the University of Zurich. The new building is a seen as a crucial element for ensuring the future viability of Zurich as a higher education hub, upgrading and consolidating an existing aging, dispersed campus.
Due to be completed in 2027, the Forum UZH will occupy a prominent corner site, combining expansive public space with the firm’s recognizable clean, contemporary language. Situated in the old city’s university quarter, dominated by stand-alone buildings set back from the street on below-ground plinths and terraces, the Forum UZH forms the 21st-century embodiment of the stately urban campus.
Ballet Mechanique / Manuel Herz Architects
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Architects: Manuel Herz Architects
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: Bühler und Oettli, Odinga und Hagen
Blumenhaus / Wiel Arets Architects
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Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
- Area: 4500 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Eichenberger AG, Gruenberg + Partner, Gutknecht Elektroplanung, Hager Partner AG
Housing Greencity, Building Plot A1 / EM2N
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Architects: EM2N
- Area: 14950 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Dietlikon, Illnau-Effretikon, Jegen AG, Leicht, Liechtenstein, +6
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Professionals: Amstein + Walthert AG, EM2N, Wismer + Partner AG, Losinger Marazzi AG
TWIST Studentisches Wohnen ETH Zürich / architektick
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Architects: architektick
- Area: 22475 m²
- Year: 2016
Kalkbreite / Müller Sigrist Architekten
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Architects: Müller Sigrist Architekten
- Area: 22900 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Sika, Franke, Hamotec
Toni Areal Roof Garden / Studio Vulkan Landscape Architecture
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Architects: Studio Vulkan Landscape Architecture
- Area: 2600 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Forster Baugrün, STA Struktuwerkstoffe Altenrhein, Tschümperlin, WALO Bertschinger
Apartment Building Tödistrasse Zürich / ADP Architektur Design Planung AG
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Architects: ADP Architektur Design Planung AG
- Area: 1795 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Alurex Soleda, Atlas Schindler, Bulthaup, Fenster Nauer, Griesser, +4
What Affects the Quality of Life in Urban Environments?
As I left the streets of Zurich after attending a conference about the quality of life in urban environments, I came across a living example of the lecture I had just attended. I turned the corner and felt that I was inside an architectural rendering: the trees were pruned and green, there were no hanging electrical wires, cyclists drove elegantly along bike lanes, the tram moved quietly and punctually while bathers enjoyed their summer in rivers and lakes. To my surprise, I walked under an overpass and realized that even urban cities could be skilled and safe. After my stroll, I stopped for a cup of coffee and knew that the person that attended me received a fair salary and did not have to work three jobs to pay the bills (of course the coffee did not come cheap). However, these small, almost mundane observations for some, do provide a well-being and quality of life that may be difficult to measure.
Brazilian Artist Ernesto Neto Creates Giant Installation in Zurich's Central Station
Brazilian contemporary artist Ernesto Neto recently realized a colorful sculpture made of hand-knotted cotton strips in the atrium of Zurich's Central Station. Titled Gaia Mother Tree, the installation resembles a giant tree and extends from the station's roof to its floor.
Exhibited by the Fondation Beyeler, Neto's sculpture is an immersive work of art, a space that one can enter into and walk around or remain and meditate. The Gaia Mother Tree will be on display until July 29th. A series of activities for adults and children, including musical concerts, workshops and debates, is scheduled to take place under the net of cotton.