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Blur Building

in Architecture by Diller + Scofidio ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 25 March
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
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
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...

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...

Chesa Futura

in Architecture by Foster + Partners ()
  contributed by 303 dpr_ barcelona, 10 April
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...

Truog House Gugalun, Versam

in Architecture by Peter Zumthor ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 14 April
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...

Saint Benedict Chapel

in Architecture by Peter Zumthor ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 14 April
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...

Zumthor Studio

in Architecture by Peter Zumthor ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 14 April
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....

Protective Housing for Roman Excavations

in Architecture by Peter Zumthor ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 14 April
In the 4th century AD, Chur was the Roman capital of the province of Curia – hence the name “Chur”. The Romans inhabited the area now called the “Welschdörfli”(French-speaking Swiss...

Homes for Senior Citizens

in Architecture by Peter Zumthor ()
  contributed by 56 Ethel Baraona Pohl, 14 April
The twenty-two flats of the residential development for the elderly in Masans nearChur are occupied by senior citizens still able to run their own households, but happy to use the services offered by...
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