Art, architecture and travel in Switzerland
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Switzerland - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Switzerland.
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Akris’ century-old roots in St Gallen, Switzerland, are explored in new textile exhibition
‘Akris: St Gallen, selbstverständlich’ at Textile Museum St Gallen explores the Swiss fashion house’s history of craft, backdropped by its home city’s links with fabric production and embroidery
By Jack Moss Published
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CERN Science Gateway: behind the scenes at Renzo Piano’s campus in Geneva
CERN Science Gateway by Renzo Piano Building Workshop announces opening date in Switzerland, heralding a new era for groundbreaking innovation
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Extreme Cashmere has opened a store – and you can wash your jumpers there too
Complete with washing machines and a cashmere care department, Extreme Cashmere’s new St Moritz outpost marks the Amsterdam-based brand’s first boutique
By Jack Moss Published
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Herzog & de Meuron’s SIP Main Campus weaves together nature and sculptural concrete
SIP Main Campus, a new workspace by Herzog & de Meuron, completes on the Swiss-French border
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Studio Tropicana’s minimalist extension in Italy is simplicity itself
Based in Switzerland and Italy, Studio Tropicana is part of the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2023, our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Bally Foundation’s new Lake Lugano headquarters is an art-filled paradise
The Bally Foundation inaugurates its new headquarters in a 1930s villa overlooking the majestic Lake Lugano, Switzerland with the group show ‘Un Lac Inconnu’ (An Unknown Lake)
By Hili Perlson Published
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Discover Swiss bliss in St Moritz, the chicest of Alpine escapes
In St Moritz, ski chic meets creative cachet. Here’s our pick of the perennial pleasure centre’s cultural attractions
By Jessica Klingelfuss Published
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Supergraphics pioneer Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: ‘Sure, make things big – anything is possible'
94-year-old graphic designer Barbara Stauffacher Solomon talks radical typography, motherhood, and her cool welcome for St Moritz
By Jessica Klingelfuss Published
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Fluffy bunnies meet office politics in Nicolas Haeni’s photo series
To mark the Year of the Rabbit, we return down the rabbit hole of Swiss photographer Nicolas Haeni’s photography series, where mischievous bunnies infiltrate the humdrum of corporate life
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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W Verbier — Verbier, Switzerland
By Guy Dittrich Last updated
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The Chedi Andermatt — Andermatt, Switzerland
By Guy Dittrich Last updated
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Peak season: exploring the alpine architecture of Swiss snow haven Laax
By Simon Mills Last updated
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Husqvarna’s Svartpilen 701 road bike pairs minimalism with original spirit
By George Chapman Last updated
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Cell mates: La Prairie fuses the worlds of luxury skincare and art
By Emma Moore Last updated
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Light shows and pink feathers: how Art Basel 2015 took over Hong Kong
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Tamina baths, Switzerland
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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‘China Clean’: Enrico Marone Cinzano at Pearl Lam Design, Hong Kong
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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On site with 3XN at the International Olympic Committee HQ in Lausanne
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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Simonett & Baer indexes the work of Herzog & de Meuron
Inspired by the many Herzog & de Meuron works of architecture in his home city of Basel, publisher Dino Simonett has created a technicolour tome as an index, a tribute and a celebration of the international work of the architects
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Architecture Club designs a new atelier for artist Monika Sosnowska in Warsaw
An architectural exercise in purity and restraint, Polish sculptor Monika Sosnowska’s new atelier is a simple concrete volume, and the first-built project of Basel-based architects Karolina Slawecka and Pawel Krzeminski under their new studio. Photographed by Hélène Binet, the radically simple atelier was featured in the Smart Art-themed November issue of Wallpaper* magazine (W*248)
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Home truths: Hauser & Wirth’s domestic bliss in Zurich
Hauser & Wirth's Zurich outpost takes a domestic turn for its winter exhibition
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Theo Jansen’s menagerie of Strandbeests roams free at Art Basel Miami Beach
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Vik Muniz exposes his shared roots with Ruinart
The Brazilian artist magnifies the close relationship between man and nature in a series produced during his residency at the French champagne house
By Mary Holland Last updated
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Social reach: the art fairs spreading to new destinations in 2018 and beyond
But are there too many on the teeming calendar?
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Bucolic block: Herzog & de Meuron reveals designs for a Swiss lakeside office
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Kirlian Bar by Jeremy Shaw at Art Basel
By Caroline Roux Last updated
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Form Scratch: Bally's travelling exhibit embarks on its world tour at Art Basel with an homage to modernist design
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated