Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures refreshes 1960s Swiss mountain chalet
Pale wooden finishes characterise the interior of the Perfect Day House mountain chalet that has been updated by Swiss studio Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures. More
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"Water mirror" reflects light into villa overlooking Lake Zurich by PPAA
Mexican studio PPAA has completed a concrete villa beside Lake Zurich in Switzerland, fronted by a long water feature that helps to illuminate the interior. More
Construction commences on world's "tallest 3D-printed structure" Tor Alva
Architects Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger are creating a 30-metre-tall tower in the Swiss Alps, which is being 3D-printed with concrete by technology university ETH Zurich. More
Blue-timber gardeners' workshop topped with illuminating lantern
Gardeners House is a blue-stained timber and terracotta-brick structure in a park in Geneva, designed by architecture studio Cabinet to provide workshops for gardeners and leisure space for locals. More
Sculptural blocks intersect to form barn-like house in Switzerland
Rough textures and a blocky interior define Residential Barn in a Hamlet Zone, a home that Swiss studio BE Architektur has completed in a small agricultural town near Zurich. More
"Why can't we have nice things like this in the US?" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a Christ & Gantenbein-designed concrete bridge in Aarau, Switzerland, which features five arches of varying widths. More
Madeleine Architects converts pigsty into The Recipe house in Switzerland
Swiss architecture studio Madeleine Architectes has converted an old pigsty and clad it in lime and hemp to create the base of this house and office in Chavronay. More
Rotative Studio brightens Swiss town square with modular wooden pavilions
Architecture firm Rotative Studio has created three colourful temporary pavilions for reading and socialising in the Place du Marché square in Aigle, Switzerland. More
Monolithic concrete walls enfold minimalist Pyramid House in Switzerland
DF_DC has used concrete to create a monolithic house in the town of Tegna, Switzerland, which takes cues from Japanese architecture and the surrounding mountains. More
Bureau uses "surgical intervention" to transform chalet into Mr Barrett's House
Experimental architecture studio Bureau has taken a building apart and put it back together again, to create a home for the fictional protagonist of 1963 film The Servant. More
Think Architecture creates minimal hilltop house in Zurich
A cluster of stone and plaster-lined volumes form Think Architecture's minimalist House in a Park, which sits on a hilltop in Zurich, Switzerland. More
Muzeum Susch in the Swiss Alps has galleries excavated from mountainside
Chasper Schmidlin and Lukas Voellmy have excavated into a mountain, and restored a 12th-century monastery in the Swiss Alpine town of Susch, to create an art museum. More
Oppenheim Architecture designs Swiss water-treatment plant to resemble a natural rock
Oppenheim Architecture has coated a water-treatment plant in Muttenz, Switzerland, in a mixture of stone and clay, to create a building reminiscent of a natural rock form eroded by flowing water. More
Interlocking timber planks form Workshop Andelfingen by Rossetti + Wyss Architekten
A+Awards: it took just 18 minutes to regrow the timber used to build this entirely wooden warehouse in Switzerland, according to Rossetti + Wyss Architekten, which won a 2016 Architizer A+Award for the project. More
Dezeen podcast: Laufen Swiss architecture tour 2011
Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded on our recent architectural tour of Basel and Zurich, leading Swiss architects talk about their work and offer opinions on the current state of Swiss architecture. More