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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Silver from X-rays recycled as sustainable jewellery by The Royal MintThe 886 by The Royal Mint jewellery collection gives recycled X-ray films a new purpose
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Ten classic fountain pens for the personal touch
Ten fountain pens, from timeless designs to sleekly machined modern writing tools, prove that perfect penmanship is just a gold nib away
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Arctic conditions shape pared-down house in northern Sweden by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Claesson Koivisto Rune’s new pared-down house makes a bold sculptural statement on the banks of Sweden’s Lule River, shaped by building regulations and its location’s Arctic conditions
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Heir lift: a Swiss architect rebuilds a family legacy in St Moritz
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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
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Airport jetty by RSHP provides a polychromatic welcome to Switzerland
The Aile Est, or East Wing, at Geneva Airport, a dramatic, polychromatic jetty, is the newest project by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in Switzerland
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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
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Roche Pharmaceuticals’ new workspace is ‘industrial palazzo’
Roche Pharmaceuticals gets a new multifunctional workspace for their Grenzach-Wyhlen campus, designed by Swiss architecture studio Christ & Gantenbein
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Herzog & de Meuron renovate Basel’s iconic Volkshaus hotel
Herzog & de Meuron completes Switzerland's latest boutique hotel, the Volkshaus, in Basel, reviving, at the same time, a landmark part of the city
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Christ & Gantenbein designs the Lindt Home of Chocolate near Zurich
Swiss architects Christ & Gantenbein team up with internationally renowned Swiss chocolatiers Lindt & Sprüngli to design a seductive architectural experience for chocolate-lovers in Switzerland
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Architects Directory 2020: DF_DC, Switzerland and UK
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.
