Geneva
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Geneva - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Geneva.
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Who won big at the GPHG, the Oscars of the watch world
Wallpaper* editor-in-chief and Grand Prix d’Horlogerie Genève jury member Bill Prince on the watch world’s 2025 winners
By Bill Prince Published
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A neo-brutalist villa for an extended family elevates a Geneva suburb
Lacroix Chessex Architectes pair cost-conscious concrete construction with rigorous details and spatial playfulness in this new villa near Geneva
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The watch releases to know at Geneva Watch Days 2025
Geneva Watch Days (4-7 September 2025) returns with a dynamic mix of maisons and independents, showcasing the craft, innovation and collaborations shaping the future of watchmaking. We spotlight five releases that caught our eye in 2025
By Thor Svaboe Last updated
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Eurostar announces new direct trains to Switzerland and Germany
Following a new culinary offering and the unveiling of refurbished premier lounges, Eurostar reveals its plans for direct travel from London to Geneva and Frankfurt by the early 2030s
By Tianna Williams Published
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Watches & Wonders 2025: preview Richemont’s latest innovations, on show at the Geneva watch fair
Discover eight enticing timepieces from the luxury group, showcased this week at the Geneva fair
By Simon Mills Published
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48 hours in Geneva: seek Le Corbusier, lakeside sauna, and Swiss chocs
With Watches and Wonders 2025 in Geneva from 1-7 April, here are the city’s best downtime delights, from bars to bathing
By Simon Mills Published
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2025 getaways: where Wallpaper* editors will be travelling to this year
From the Japanese art islands of Naoshima and Teshima to the Malaysian tropical paradise of Langkawi, here’s where Wallpaper* editors plan to travel to in 2025
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Take a look at the big winners of the watch world Oscars
The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève is the Oscars for the watch world – get all the news on the 2024 event here
By Smilian Cibic Published
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Step inside La Tulipe, a flower-shaped brutalist beauty by Jack Vicajee Bertoli in Geneva
Sprouting 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
By Jonathan Glancey Published
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Watches and Wonders 2024: what to do, where to go and who to see in Geneva this weekend
As the Geneva fine watch salon opens its doors to the general public for three days this weekend, and satellite shows take over the city, here's our whistle-stop guide
By Caragh McKay Published
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Sotheby’s vintage watch sale of 24 spectacular avant-garde designs sells out in one hour
Patek Philppe's crazy-paved cuff and Audemars Piguet's emerald car are the star lots, pointing towards a new era of idiosyncratic opulence in watch design
By Caragh McKay Published
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Watches and Wonders 2024: all the highlights from the Geneva event
Discover the watches at the year's biggest watch event, Watches and Wonders
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Christian de Portzamparc’s Dior Geneva flagship store dazzles and flows
Dior’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
By Herbert Wright Published
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The return of the Geneva Motor Show (to Geneva) as a place for global debuts
The Geneva Motor Show is back. After 2020’s pandemic cancellation and an ‘exported’ event in Qatar in 2023, the organisers of GIMS 2024 had their work cut out to stay relevant. Here are our highlights
By Guy Bird Published
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This watch heals itself: is Regenerative Carbon the future of watchmaking?
ID Genève and CompPair reveal the first self-healing watch, using Regenerative Carbon
By Hannah Silver Published
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Geneva Watch Days 2023 standouts: from Trilobe to Louis Erard
James Gurney reviews more Geneva Watch Days 2023 standouts, spanning ambitiously avant-garde designs and cool collaborations from brands that share a watch insider’s sensibility
By James Gurney Published
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Geneva Watch Days 2023: up close with five new reveals
James Gurney reports from Geneva Watch Days 2023, the mini fair that spans the design-led, the ultra-traditional and the achingly avant-garde
By James Gurney Published
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Fabergé boutique, Geneva
By Teo van den Broeke Last updated
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Frank Buchwald's Nixie Machine illuminates time at Geneva's MAD Gallery
By Caragh McKay Last updated
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Phillips, in association with Bacs & Russo, presents almost 30 timepieces from a private collection
Phillips, in association with Bacs & Russo, presents almost 30 timepieces from a private collection
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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The term ‘villa’ does not do Villa du Lac justice
By Ella Marshall Last updated
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The Hamlet in Geneva is a showcase of design classics
By Melina Keays Last updated
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Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement: radical reflections on surreal times
At Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, the Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement 2021 kicks off with group show ‘A Goodbye Letter, A Love Call, A Wake Up Song’, a full house of subversive moving image commissions
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Geneva Motor Show digital showcase: the technology edit
A digital walkthrough of the best technology due to be shown at Geneva Motor Show 2020 in light of its precautionary cancellation
By Nargess Banks Last updated
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Olafur Eliasson reflects on ways of seeing ahead of his latest exhibiton
By Clara Le Fort Last updated
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Combs turn artworks at Geneva’s Máti gallery
Designer Aurore Piedigrossi untangles the history of the comb with her Grands Hers collection at Geneva’s Máti gallery
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Geneva Motor Show powers up with a Philippe Starck and Bentley collaboration
By Jonathan Bell Last updated


