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Blur Building

in Architecture by Diller + Scofidio ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 25 March 2009
The Blur Building is an exhibition pavilion built for Swiss Expo 2002 on Lake Neuchatel in the town of Yverdon-les-Bains. It is an architecture of atmosphere. Its lightweight tensegrity structure...

Thermal Bath Vals

in Architecture by Peter Zumthor ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 14 April 2009
In 1983 the commune of Vals acquired the bankrupt hotel complex, built in the 1960s, for very little money, but without much enthusiasm. But something had to be done in order to rescue existing jobs....

Villa Bianchi

in Architecture by Mario Botta ()
  contributed by 139 drawing dreams, 31 December 2009
Tambien Llamada casa Riva San Vitale, Ticino, Suiza, 1971-73 Vivienda diseñada por el Arquitecto Mario Botta para el matrimonio Bianchi.Segun palabras de Mario Botta: “la idea de casa está...

Restaurant « L’Omnia »

in Architecture
  contributed by 1084 christop8, 24 January 2011
« L’Omnia » est un pavillon-restaurant situé sur les quais de Villeneuve, au bord du Léman.Il est lié au restaurant du Vieux Pêcheur. En attendant la mise en service de ce...

Saint Benedict Chapel

in Architecture by Peter Zumthor ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 14 April 2009
In 1984 an avalanche destroyed the baroque chapel in front of the village of SognBenedetg (St. Benedict). A recently built parking lot had acted like a ramp pushing the snow from the avalanche up...

Truog House Gugalun, Versam

in Architecture by Peter Zumthor ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 14 April 2009
Relatives of the present owner lived in and ran the small Gugalun farm in Arezen at the entrance to the Safien Valley. The small manor house looks north, facing the moon (luna), as the name of the...

Brione House

in Architecture by Markus Wespi ()
  contributed by 159 archdaily, 30 January 2009
The new building is located in a privileged but sprawled urban area above Locarno, with an overwhelming view on the city, the surrounding mountains and the lake.More info at Arch DailyPhotographs:...

Chesa Futura

in Architecture by Foster + Partners ()
  contributed by 303 dpr_ barcelona, 10 April 2009
Description: The Chesa Futura apartment building in the Engadin Valley fuses state-of-the-art computer design tools and traditional, indigenous building techniques to create...

Heidi Weber Pavilion

in Architecture by Le Corbusier ()
  contributed by 2 Jordi Ber, 26 January 2009
The Heidi Weber Pavilion is Corbusier´s last building, completed after his death, is now a museum and gallery. The building is also known as the Centre Le Corbusier.Official web page:Centre...

Zumthor Studio

in Architecture by Peter Zumthor ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 14 April 2009
In the early 1980s we were able to buy an old farmhouse with some land right next to the farmhouse in the Süsswinkel in Haldenstein which we had converted in 1971 into our family home....
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