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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Vito Schnabel launches St Moritz Gallery space in time for holidays
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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The Nomad is kickstarting Basel’s boutique hotel scene
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Big splashes of colour and swathes of haptic fabrics at The Hide, by Stylt Trampoli AB
By Melina Keays Last updated
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Maison Bergdorf is Interlaken’s quirky new boutique hotel
By Daven Wu Last updated
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La Réserve Genève ups its game with the appointment of a new chef at Le Loti
By Lauren Ho Last updated
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Hotel Lavaux — Cully, Switzerland
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An enviable position: Brig's Hotel de Londres
By Michelle McDermott Last updated
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Grand opening: Christ & Gantenbein completes Swiss National Museum additions
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Sci-fi colonnades embolden this Swiss concrete villa
With offices in Lugano and London and ongoing projects in the UK, Switzerland, Mexico, France, Italy and Mozambique, this architecture practice likes to favour an interdisciplinary approach. Founders Dario Franchini and Diego Calderon recently completed a concrete villa in Comano, in an elongated plot, previously occupied by vineyards, which informed the structure’s trapezoidal form.
By Simon Mills Last updated
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A wedge-shaped retreat, buried in the hillside in Ticino, Switzerland, is a house of many layers
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Past, present and future: ECAL launches 'ECAL Graphic Design' show and book
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Christian Marclay tells a tale of two museums in Lausanne’s new arts district
The Swiss-American artist inaugurates the future home of Photo Elysée and Mudac with Déballage, a pair of immersive installations celebrating their collections
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Brutalist WHO headquarters extension under construction in Geneva
Visit the construction site of the ongoing extension project at the World Health Organisation headquarters in Geneva, designed by architects Berrel Berrel Kräutler; a project that places the landscape at the forefront, while paying tribute to WHO's modernist, Jean Tschumi-designed, original office building
By Stamatina Kousidi Last updated
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Cascading terraces define this concrete apartment building in Basel
A minimalist concrete apartment building in Switzerland features cascading terraces to a design by architects KohlerStraumann
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Switzerland’s ultimate art trail: take our tour
From Basel to Zurich, these major cultural draws, spanning art, design and photography, are on our Swiss don’t-miss list
By Jessica Klingelfuss Published
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Jenny Holzer curates Louise Bourgeois: ‘She was infinite’
The inimitable work of Louise Bourgeois is seen through the eyes of Jenny Holzer in this potent meeting of minds at Kunstmuseum Basel
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Geneva Motor Show digital showcase: the luxury edit
A digital walkthrough of the Geneva Motor Show 2020 in light of its precautionary cancellation
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The Annabelle Selldorf-designed Rubell Museum opens in emerging Miami art district
New York-based Selldorf Architects converts a series of former industrial buildings in Miami’s Allapattah neighbourhood into a museum-worthy setting for a family’s art collection, making more of it accessible to the public than ever before
By Jessica Klingelfuss Published
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Roni Horn talks remote control in her upstate New York retreat
By Marina Cashdan Published
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Duddell’s co-founder Alan Lo shares his insider’s art guide to Hong Kong
By Jessica Klingelfuss Published
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Anj Smith: making sense of desire and anxiety through a painter’s forensic language
By Charlotte Jansen Published
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The best new cars launched at Geneva Motor Show 2018
By Nargess Banks Published
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Larry Bell transforms Venice Beach fog into works of sheer beauty
By Charlotte Jansen Published
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Back to the future: Cao Fei brings the BMW Art Car into the digital age
By Nargess Banks Published
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David Willen documents a 1950s Citröen Garage conversion in Zurich
By Sophie Lovell Published
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Clean and minimalist: Christ & Gantenbein’s newest extension to the Kunstmuseum Basel
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A fluid approach: Roth Bar takes pride of place at Basel's Les Trois Rois
By Rosa Bertoli Published