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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...

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...

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....

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...

A16 Highway - sections 3/7/8

Working on an infrastructure of such size raises first and foremost the problem of how to relate to the landscape. A first solution would have consisted in concealing the built volumes to minimize...

A16 Highway

in Architecture by Salvi Architecture Sarl ()
  contributed by 3 DeConstrumatica, 9 October 2008
Positioning infrastructure as a valuable addition to the landscape with effortless lines, surfaces and volumes to easily follow the motorist along and emphasises the surroundings.Shortlisted project...

Neubau Gemeindekanzlei | Münsterlingen

in Architecture by Daniele Marques
contributed by 295 Carlos Lanuza, 16 April
Das neue Gebäude ist ein Zeichen für die neue politische Gemeinde Münsterlingen. Zwischen Landschlacht  und Scherzingen gelegen, richtet sich das Gesicht der Gemeindekanzlei zur Seestrasse und...

O House

On both, the front and the lake side, this sculptural villa shows very expressive and ornamental facades. Facing mount Pilatus, the white concrete elements are dotted with circular openings that...
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