Art, architecture and travel in Switzerland

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 26 July 22

Audemars Piguet factory completes in the Jura mountains

Kuník de Morsier architects is behind the brand new addition to the Audemars Piguet headquarters complex in Switzerland, the Manufacture des Saignoles

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 24 July 22

A wedge-shaped retreat, buried in the hillside in Ticino, Switzerland, is a house of many layers

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 23 July 22

Past, present and future: ECAL launches 'ECAL Graphic Design' show and book

By Sujata Burman Last updated 12 July 22

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 1 July 22

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 29 June 22

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 24 May 22

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 23 February 22

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 6 March 20

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 12 December 19

The Experimental Group ventures into the great outdoors with a new ski chalet in Verbier

By Nicola Leigh Stewart Published 4 January 19

Roni Horn talks remote control in her upstate New York retreat

By Marina Cashdan Published 4 June 18

Duddell’s co-founder Alan Lo shares his insider’s art guide to Hong Kong

By Jessica Klingelfuss Published 30 March 18

Anj Smith: making sense of desire and anxiety through a painter’s forensic language

By Charlotte Jansen Published 22 March 18

The best new cars launched at Geneva Motor Show 2018

By Nargess Banks Published 13 March 18

Back to the future: Cao Fei brings the BMW Art Car into the digital age

By Nargess Banks Published 13 June 17

David Willen documents a 1950s Citröen Garage conversion in Zurich

By Sophie Lovell Published 4 October 16

Clean and minimalist: Christ & Gantenbein’s newest extension to the Kunstmuseum Basel

By Ellie Stathaki Published 18 April 16

A fluid approach: Roth Bar takes pride of place at Basel's Les Trois Rois

By Rosa Bertoli Published 16 June 15