Bureau Brisson Architectes refresh hilltop villa in Lausanne
Swiss practice Bureau Brisson Architectes has reconfigured this large family home overlooking terraced vineyards in Lausanne into three apartments. More
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Explore the interior of the Golden Lion-winning Swiss Pavilion in 360-degree video
You can go down the rabbit hole into Switzerland's surreal Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition – which has won the Golden Lion for best pavilion of 2018 – in this 360-degree video by Dezeen. More
Swiss Pavilion invites you to explore bland rental homes as if you're Alice in Wonderland
Unremarkable light switches, doors and counters are either shrunk or enlarged inside Switzerland's Venice Biennale pavilion, to draw attention to the ubiquitous interior design of rental properties. More
ETH Zurich robots use new digital construction technique to build timber structures
Researchers at ETH Zurich university have pioneered a method of robotic construction, which is being used to create a computer-designed modular house in the city. More
Swiss housing complex by Stocker Lee takes cues from mountainous landscape with zigzag roof
Swiss practice Stocker Lee Architetti designed this family house and group of adjoining rental apartments in the canton of Ticino with an unevenly pitched roof that references the jagged outline of a nearby mountain range. More
Bernardo Bader references traditional Alpine architecture in larch-clad home for an art collector
Bernardo Bader Architects has reinterpreted the traditional Alpine chalet using concrete and larch wood to create a home for an art and antique furniture collector on the edge of a village in the Appenzell region of the Swiss Alps. More
Sou Fujimoto unveils designs for Swiss university centre made of stacked cubes
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed a learning centre for the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, which will comprise a stack of glass cubes held within white frames. More
HHF Architects adds pergola-like extension to traditional Swiss villa
This extension to an historic villa in the Swiss town of Arlesheim by Basel-based studio HHF Architects features an expressed steel frame intended to provide a contemporary counterpoint to the house's traditional architecture. More
Larry Bell's glass cubes mimic California light and fog
American artist Larry Bell has created a series of huge boxes using translucent and coloured glass, which are designed to evoke the morning fog that rolls in from the coast of California. More
Herzog & de Meuron wins contest for Swiss bank on the shore of Lake Geneva
Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its designs for the new headquarters of Swiss wealth management service and private bank Lombard Odier, which will overlook Lake Geneva. More
Steven Holl unveils winning design for Doctors Without Borders operation centre in Geneva
Steven Holl Architects is teaming up with Rüssli Architekten to create a new headquarters for a major humanitarian organisation in Geneva, which will feature walls of tinted photovoltaic glazing. More
Green and pink stripes add colour to curved walls of house in Switzerland
The signature stripes of artist Daniel Buren cover the curved walls of this timber-framed house by architect Davide Macullo, which functions as a piece of public art in a picturesque Swiss valley. More
Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti uses local stone and plaster for lakeside house in Switzerland
Variously sized openings scattered across the traditional stone and plaster facades of this house in the Swiss town of Ascona provide views of the garden and Lake Maggiore. More
World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge traverses a Swiss valley
Brave hikers in the Swiss Alps can now walk almost half a kilometre across this thin metal suspension bridge to reach trails on either side of a huge valley. More
Christ & Gantenbein's concrete extension to National Museum Zurich photographed by Rory Gardiner
British photographer Rory Gardiner took these shots of Christ & Gantenbein's angular concrete extension to the National Museum Zurich when it was bathed in late winter sunlight. More
Swiss architecture students design and build wooden events pavilion beneath Zurich overpass
Two hundred architecture students from a Lausanne university designed and built this events pavilion in Zurich, using lengths of timber to create a towering staircase, undulating seating and projection screens. More
The world's first commercial carbon-capture plant opens in Switzerland
Climeworks has opened a groundbreaking plant in Switzerland where carbon dioxide is sucked from the air before being resold. More
Therme Vals spa has been destroyed says Peter Zumthor
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor claims his renowned thermal baths in Vals have been ruined by an "egotistical" developer. More
Jan Skuratowski's "pavilion-like" House M features large window walls
Large windows are slotted in between concrete and timber-clad floorplates to form this polygonal house in the Swiss town of Möhlin, designed by Basel-based architect Jan Skuratowski. More
Peter Zumthor unveils extension plans for Renzo Piano's Fondation Beyeler in Basel
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed designs for a trio of new buildings at the Renzo Piano-designed Fondation Beyeler art gallery in Riehen, Basel. More