The Program

Content

• Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (Renzo Piano)
• Zentralstellwerk SBB in Basel (Herzog & de Meuron)
• KKL Luzern (Jean Nouvel)
• Schiffbau Zürich (Ortner & Ortner)
• Therme Vals (Peter Zumthor)

Innovative, multi-faceted and open to new experiments – this is how modern Swiss architecture is best described. With its great number of architectural alterations and innovations during the past decade, the small alpine nation presents itself as the working ground of many creative minds. Across Switzerland, there is a wide range of architectural activities.

The scope of implementers includes famous, award-winning master builders as well as young Swiss architects that cause a stir with unusual ideas. Let this book take you on a tour through the contemporary Swiss architectural scene and 160 of its most noteworthy buildings.