Markus Haberstroh spent years running projects for both Herzog & de Meuron and Christ & Gantenbein, so it's no surprise his new Basel studio is suffused with Swiss rigour and the expressive use of materials. 'We use products that might have a nice shape, an interesting surface, a comfortable touch,' he says. The Magden apartments are swathed in wooden slats, with courtyards and expanses of glass within.
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London Fashion Week A/W 2025 highlights: S.S. Daley to Fashion EastWallpaper* fashion features editor Jack Moss picks the best of London Fashion Week A/W 2025, from S.S. Daley’s ode to Marianne Faithfull to a new class at Fashion East
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'It’s indisputable that craft has enormous value socially, culturally, economically': interrogating the case for craft in contemporary lifeAhead of next week's 21st edition of Collect, the world's leading fair for collectible craft, we sit down with Natalie Melton, executive director of the Crafts Council, to talk about making a living from making
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This narrow home in San Francisco is a modern take on treehouse livingIn San Francisco, a narrow home by Dumican Mosey Architects, Dolores Heights House, is a demonstration of how to make the most of an awkward plot, creating an expansive home overlooking the trees
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Herzog & de Meuron’s Children’s Hospital in Zurich is a ‘miniature city’Herzog & de Meuron’s Children’s Hospital in Zurich aims to offer a case study in forward-thinking, contemporary architecture for healthcare
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Step inside La Tulipe, a flower-shaped brutalist beauty by Jack Vicajee Bertoli in GenevaSprouting from the ground, nicknamed La Tulipe, the Fondation Pour Recherches Médicales building by Jack Vicajee Bertoli is undergoing a two-phase renovation, under the guidance of Geneva architects Meier + Associé
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Christian de Portzamparc’s Dior Geneva flagship store dazzles and flowsDior’s Geneva flagship by French architect Christian de Portzamparc has a brand new, wavy façade that references the fashion designer's original processes using curves, cuts and light
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An Uetikon house embraces minimalism, light, and its Swiss lake viewsThis Uetikon home by Pablo Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados (PPAA) sets itself apart from traditional Swiss housing, with a contemporary design that connects with nature
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CERN Science Gateway: behind the scenes at Renzo Piano’s campus in GenevaCERN Science Gateway by Renzo Piano Building Workshop announces opening date in Switzerland, heralding a new era for groundbreaking innovation
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Herzog & de Meuron’s SIP Main Campus weaves together nature and sculptural concreteSIP Main Campus, a new workspace by Herzog & de Meuron, completes on the Swiss-French border
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Studio Tropicana, Switzerland and Italy: Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2023Based in Switzerland and Italy, Studio Tropicana is part of the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2023, our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios
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Heir lift: a Swiss architect rebuilds a family legacy in St Moritz
