Establishing their firm just three years after graduating from EPFL, David Begert and Sylvain Dubail have a hands-on approach to creating buildings that are affordable, functional and strive to elevate the ordinary in some special way. Some of their most recent projects include a Jura tourist office and the renovation and improved thermal efficiency of a 1970s house in Saignelégier, in north-west Switzerland.
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Once overrun with florals, this old Hudson farmhouse is now a sprawling live-work artist’s retreatBuilt in the 1700s, this Hudson home has been updated into a vast creative compound for a creative, yet still exudes the ‘unbuttoned’ warmth of its first life as a flower farm
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How VCUarts Qatar is weaving local roots into global creative conversationsThrough the university's arts, design, and humanities programmes, dean Amir Berbić is spearheading a unique blend of heritage and future-forward thinking for students to create a design language that captures Qatar’s continually shifting cultural landscape
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Vincent van Duysen reimagines Lisbon dining at Jncquoi FishA minimalist yet richly textural world sets the tone at a buzzy new Lisbon restaurant, where Portuguese craft, Atlantic produce and fine-tuned gastronomy meet
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A building kind of like a ‘mille-feuille’: inside Herzog & de Meuron’s home for Lombard OdierWe toured ‘One Roof’ by Herzog & de Meuron, exploring the Swiss studio’s bright, sustainable and carefully layered workspace design; welcome to private bank Lombard Odier’s new headquarters
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Audrey Hepburn’s stunning Swiss country home could be yoursAudrey Hepburn’s La Paisable house in the tranquil village of Tolochenaz is for sale
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Meet Lisbeth Sachs, the lesser known Swiss modernist architectPioneering Lisbeth Sachs is the Swiss architect behind the inspiration for creative collective Annexe’s reimagining of the Swiss pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025
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A contemporary Swiss chalet combines tradition and modernity, all with a breathtaking viewA modern take on the classic chalet in Switzerland, designed by Montalba Architects, mixes local craft with classic midcentury pieces in a refined design inside and out
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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
