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Despite its professional success, the younger generation of Swiss architects is having difficulty making its mark against the background of the highly renowned, iconic endurance of familiar names whose careers began decades ago. But thanks to a well-organised competition system, young offices often receive building commissions, and the perception of Swiss architecture is becoming remarkably broader today. Together with Andreas Ruby, director of the Swiss Architecture Museum, this issue addresses the working possibilities for the emerging generation along with a selection of new projects by Angela Deuber, Rahbaran Hürzeler, HHF Architects, Inches Gelata, and others.

Essay
Swiss Architecture Does Not Exist
Andreas Ruby

Works

Chur, Lucerne, Zurich
Angela Deuber Architect
School Building in Thal
Palazzo del Cinema in Locarno
Conversion of a Late Medieval House in Stuls

Raphael Zuber
Schoolhouse and Kindergarten Grono
Apartment Building, Domat/Ems

AM Architects
Rotkreuz Highlife
House of Trash

Duplex Architects
More Than Living, Hunziker Areal, Zurich
Buchegg Estate Zurich

Basel
Rahbaran Hürzeler Architects
Movable House
House for Two Musicians and Music Pavilion
Engelberg Primary School

Sauter von Moos
Villa Hammer
Housing Studio Basel
Feldberg Apartments

HHF Architects
Poissy Galore
House H
Lichtstrasse

Geneva, Monthey, Sion, Locarno
BUREAU (Daniel Zamarbide) with Leopold Banchini Architects
The Club
Shelter
Antoine

GayMenzel
Chalet Wermeille
Maisons Duc
Hasler Hall

Mijong Architects
Transformation of a Mayen

Inches Geleta
Pioda Residence
MeCri Museum Pavilion

Essay Series, vol. 5
Philosophy of the Tree
Suguru Kanata