E2A   Switzerland   Europaallee is by far the largest real estate development in the heart of Zurich and lies just beyond the main train station. The site is the final of eight new constructions and is directly adjacent to the multicultural – and rather infamous – distr

Buchner Bründler Architekten   Switzerland   In the deep Onsernone Valley in Ticino, an ensemble of traditional stone constructions that were in a poor state of preservation, especially the main volume, have been refurbished. Because of damages in all the wooden structural elements, the consoli

E2A   Switzerland   The planar building – a slender volume 75 meters long, 15 meters wide, and with 12 levels – can be interpreted as a solitary gesture. The orthogonal form of the plane dialogs with typologies present in the surrounding urban fabric, which is character

Meili Peter   Germany   The sobriety of the volume that forms the museum’s new wing strikes a contrast with the interior configuration of the halls, which are slightly turned out of line, creating a kind of static dance.

E2A   Switzerland   On the outskirts of Zurich, in the industrial quarter of Escher-Wyss, stood the abandoned old warehouse of what was once a textile factory. The Escher Terrassen project has transformed it into a venue for rehearsals of the city’s opera company, and a

Felix Jerusalem   Switzerland   La paja, material utilizado desde la antigüedad en la construcción, sobre todo en cubiertas y en muros —a partir del apilamiento de fardos—, ha encontrado una nueva forma de posicionarse en el exigente mercado inmobiliario del siglo XXI. La fabricaci

Marcel Meili Markus Peter Zeno Vogel   Switzerland   With the Jura’s mountain range as backdrop, Biel is a middle size city located on the invisible line that separates the German-speaking Switzerland with the French-speaking one. The extended use of wood in the region as construction material justifie

Construir sobre lo construido es un problema moderno. Antes de que existiera la perspectiva histórica, los restos del pasado —incluso los más prestigiosos de la Antigüedad clásica— eran tratados como materia muerta que, una vez descompuesta merced al