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Their conversions and housing have their own hallmark, an outstanding sense of exciting interior spaces and a high degree of precision in formulating details. Their designs are characterised by particular elegance and dignity. Text in English and German.

The Zurich architects became renowned in 2006 with their container tower for the FREITAG bag and fashion label in Zurich. It represents 'architecture without architects' while also being a nonchalant solution for a common architectural programme during an inhospitable residual zone. Text in German and English.

The new agricultural school in Salez, in the St. Gallen Rhine valley region, has a slender, airy and light appearance. It is an extremely intelligently conceived low-tech construction made of timber. Text in English and German.

Since 2000, the Zurich architects have won around 20 competitions, out of which they have developed housing and renovated school facilities with intelligence and an exceptional sense of architectural qualities. Text in English and German.

The book documents the existing facility with original plans and the clear-contoured, black & white pictures by the renowned Lucerne photographer Peter Ammon. Furthermore, the volume extensively reflects upon and documents in detail the school's exciting, exemplary renovation. Text in English and German.

Since 2016, DF_DC have completed a number of small conversions and buildings with an experimental character. For the Palazzo del Cinema in Locarno, they carried out a relatively large conversion project including heightening measures. Their interventions are both precise and clinical. Text in English and German.

This volume presents five school buildings and facilities with a high architectural quality, as well as several outstanding residential and administrative buildings. Text in English and German.

The book documents the original 1951 building using historical plans and photographs, provides insight into the building-historical analysis before the renovation. Text in English and German.

A young architectural scene is developing in Milan, including onsitestudio with its protagonists Giancarlo Floridi and Angelo Lunati. Text in English and German.

The buildings of the Belgian architectural team a2o are powerfully and inventively integrated into the mostly urban environment. Their forms and details are reduced, creating a meditative atmosphere. Text in English and German.

Features the work of architects Jeanne Delia Cassa and Sylvie Pfaehler. Text in English and German.

Monograph on architectural firm Galletti Matter.

A monograph on the work of Nuglar-based architect Lillit Bollinger. Part of the Anthologie series. Text in English and German.

A monograph on the work of Geneva-based architects Group 8. Text in English and German.

Laurent Lin, Alain Robbe and Rolf Seiler are the protagonists of the Geneva office founded in 1999. Since then, a dozen competition successes have resulted in several residential developments, a school building, an old people's home, commercial and administrative buildings, and individual homes.

Simple, spacious buildings, ingenious material experiments in the building envelopes and clearly structured interior arrangements characterise the buildings by this Geneva team of architects led by Philippe Meier.

A focus on the work of young Valais architects, Laurent Savioz and Claude Fabrizzi.

The collection presents physiological phenomena, architectural parallels and prominent examples in architectural history. Text in German.

Two brothers, Ansgar and Benedikt Schulz, present their impressive works: powerful, sculptural figures with precise urban planning placement that are integrated coherently into the continuum of the context through their materials, type, form and expression. Text in English and German

Two Locarno architects Matteo Inches and Nastasja Geleta have designed a number of exquisite buildings, each developed entirely out of the atmosphere of the location and the nearby surroundings. Text in English and German

The two Lausanne architects produced an exceptional school facility in Chermignon, Lower Valais. Like a Greek temple, it has the power to combine the landscape, topography, urban morphology and building type. Text in English and German.

Projects by Stefano Tibiletti and Catherine Glaeser-Tibiletti are clear architectural responses to the location and its urban morphology, translated into forms of typology and construction. Text in English and German.

Zurich architects Roger Weber and Boris Brunner have produced an impressive oeuvre, including residential developments, schools and public buildings, which are always well-considered, voluminous, spatially orientated solutions designed with a powerful architectural instinct. Text in English and German.

The farmhouse gained a contemporary freshness while respecting existing elements and using only a few external measures. Text in English and German.

The building on Oberwiesenstrasse draws upon a rich vein of traditional building methods, but these references are subtly interpreted. Text in English and German.

The two Bernese architects have designed an impressive portfolio of works including renovations of historical buildings such as the Bundeshaus in Bern and many residential and administrative buildings. Text in English and German.

This volume presents important milestones in Bernardo Bader's oeuvre, all of which are conceived with rigorous restraint and minimalist power. Text in English and German.

The meticulously and professionally designed measures enable them to appropriately ennoble apparently everyday aspects of a building, integrating it coherently into its surroundings. Text in English and German.

The collection presents physiological phenomena, architectural parallels and prominent examples in architectural history.

The two Zurich architects designs always critically and creatively engage with the building programme, the location and the legal construction regulations. Text in English and German.