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The Westside project, a new center for leisure and shopping in Brünnen, is an urban scale architecture project totaling 1.5 million sq. ft. In addition to the 55 shops, 10 restaurants and bars, hotel, multiplex cinema, fun bath with wellness center and housing, this mixed-use program radically reinvents the concept of shopping, entertainment and living.
The one-story house, which has impressive diagonal views of Lake Zurich and the Alps, is situated on the upper edge of the village, on a longish, slightly sloping site. The construction is defined by a guide wall and angular concrete wall establishing the diagonal panorama towards the lake.
The site of the new building is located offset of the street in the backyard, on a lot of minimum surface, in the old center of the town. The building area of 430sqm generates living space for two units.
BIG wins an invited competition to renovate and extend an existing 1960’s concrete warehouse situated in a Basel industrial district which is being transformed into an alternative Arts District.
The transparent office building for 500 employees of the Swarovski Corporation is situated in the East side of Lake Zurich, 19 kilometres away from the city of Zurich, in the village of Männedorf.
The project, located at the shores of the Obersee in Switzerland, will house the headquarters of the internationally recognized landscape architecture firm Enea Garden Design.
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In October 2010, Allied Works was named one of eighteen international finalists to create the Pôle Muséal Lausanne, which encompasses transforming an historic train shed and industrial site into a new cultural district.
The building combines compact, efficiently organised serving area with a spatious and open living area.
The main library, containing 500,000 printed works, is one of the largest scientific collections in Europe; four large study areas can accommodate 860 students with office space for over 100 EPFL and other employees.
Schönbühl, the first shopping center in Switzerland was built in 1967 by Alfred Roth at the same time as Alvar Aalto’s Schönbühl building.
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In order to improve the district’s performance, the future identity of Niderfeld shall be developed gradually and reflect the district’s diversity.
New Actelion Business Center building design by Herzog & de Meuron Architects: opens in a ceremony attended by Federal President Doris Leuthard and other representatives
This design by world-famous swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron is to redevelop the Roche Basel headquarters campus.
The theme was to create the interior design for the Bühler Ltd.’s customer centre under construction in Uzwil (Switzerland). Among others Vehovar Jauslin from Zürich and Andrin Schweizer were invited competitors.
The new class building of the Viège/Visp College of Further Education achieves a transformation in terms of context and enables the linking of the neighbourhood’s schools, the creation of a training campus, and the integration of the future workshops and gyms