Barn Conversion in Obstalden, Switzerland by Lilitt Bollinger.There are barn conversions and then there are barn conversions, if you catch our drift. This project by Lilitt Bollinger falls into the latter category. Ha! The former stable in Obstalden, Switzerland is set in an idyllic mountain...
3-8 Installation by Leopold Banchini & Laure Jaffuel at Centre Pompidou in Paris.Earlier this year, Swiss architect Leopold Banchini installed a permanent educational space in one of the Centre Pompidou’s exhibition rooms in Paris. Dubbed 3-8, the installation is designed to host dialogues between art and industries,...
Panorama Suburbia House in Switzerland by Leopold Banchini & Daniel Zamarbide.When surrounded by sprawling suburbia with its homogeneous houses, it takes courage and adventurousness to stand out from the crowd. Designed by Leopold Banchini & Daniel Zamarbide, this intriguing house that overlooks Lake Geneva in...
In the Middle of Nowhere: Sarreyer Cabin by Rapin Saiz Architects.With its stern, rough-cut log exterior, combined with a rusty stove pipe attached almost ad hoc to the side of the structure, this cabin looks anything but homely. But this less than charming effect was deliberately employed by the Swiss...
Monte Rosa Hut in Switzerland by Bearth & Deplazes Architekten.Perched on a ridge, yet dwarfed by a pretty vicious looking glacier, the New Monte Rosa Hut could easily be mistaken as a villain’s secret lair in an epic bond novel. Designed by Bearth & Deplazes architects, the five storey...
Peter Zumthor’s Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum in Sauda, Norway.It’s a bleak Norwegian vista. What appears from the outside as a series of dark grey cubicles suspended from a stone wall offers no relief from the aggressive landscape of grey rock and wilderness surrounding it. The story behind the...
Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall by Herzog & de Meuron Opens in Hamburg.Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall in Hamburg, designed by acclaimed Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, has officially opened after 15 years in the...
Reconstruction of A Townhouse in Zurich, Switzerland by idA Architekten.Originally built in 1983, this apartment building in Zurich has been given one hell of a face-lift by idA architects. Bit of a whack commission in the first place, the building has been re-modeled to accommodate six three-bedroom...
Black Maria Temporary Performance Pavilion by GRUPPE // London.Black Maria is a temporary architectural construct that served as an event space, meeting point, spectacle and screening device at Central St. Martin Art School in London's Kings Cross. The project formed pard of artist Richard...
