22 December 2022

Tower Proposed with Forest-Like Exterior for New Basel Headquarters

An international architecture competition was launched in 2021 for the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) so that entrants would propose a design to replace and...

20 April 2022

One-Hundred-Meter Tall Residential Building Using Load-Bearing Timber Proposed for Winterthur

Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has revealed its design for a 100-meter-tall housing block in Switzerland. Named Rocket&Tigerli, the terracotta-clad building is set to be...

02 February 2021

Tower Proposed for Lausanne to Use Substantial Timber in Construction

In recent years, the number of timber towers around the world, as well as their height, has grown remarkably quickly. The latest notable example in...

15 October 2020

Pharmaceutical Company Updates Plans for Third Tower of Basel Complex

On 14 October, 2020, Roche presented more developed plans for redesigning the Rhine-facing section of its site along Grenzacherstrasse in Basel. The development plans for...

09 September 2020

Excavation Work Complete for Zurich Building

Austrian construction company Porr announced that it has completed excavation work for the construction of the 80 meter Franklinturm building to be located in Zurich,...

28 November 2018

Zurich Voters Greenlight New Stadium and High-Rise Complex

A slim majority of voters in Zurich has greenlighted the construction of a new 18,000 all-seat football stadium in the city, which will be adjoined...