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5 Houses in Barbengo designed by Lukas Meyer+Ira Piattini Architetti. 

(Source: europaconcorsi.com)

‘Schaulager Satellite’ Temporary Pavilion designed by Herzog & de Meuron.

Photos by Trevor Patt.

(Source: archidose.blogspot.com)

Luzi House designed by Peter Zumthor. 

Photos by Walter Mair. 

Koerfer House designed by Studio di Architettura Vacchini and Marco Azzola.

Photos by Alessandra Chemollo. 

(Source: studiovacchini.ch)

‘Soul’ Unit in Vorstadt 14 Hotel/Lodging Interior designed by Souis. 

Wohnbauten Oberes Alpgut in Winterthur, Switzerland designed by Peter Kunz.

Photos by Dominique Wehrli. 

Gorgeous concrete textures.

(Source: dominiquewehrli.ch)

Public Records Office Canton Basel - Landschaft Stairs designed by EM2N. 

Renovation and Expansion of Rapperswil-Jona City Museum designed by :mlzd. 

context

subtilitas:

Traditional Swiss stone house in Guarda, via flickr.

Haus Presenhuber by AFGH Architekten

I’ve become increasingly interested with the concept of context, place, and history in design and would like to explore it more with this blog.

Here, the patchwork facades of the local historic homes, a result of decades of renovations, is given a modern interpretation for this holiday home.

Wood Wall Shingles of the Sogn Benedetg Chapel designed by Peter Zumthor. 

Photo by Timothy Brown. 

Sogn Benedetg Chapel designed by Peter Zumthor. 

General Trade School Interior designed by Hermann Baur. 

Cast-Iron Screens of Apartment Building in Basel designed by Herzog and de Meuron. 

Apartment Building in Basel designed by Herzog and de Meuron. 

subtilitas:

Christ & Gantenbein - House extension, Arlesheim 2002.