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  • Coudraie & Les Hêtres

Coudraie & Les Hêtres

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Public Buildings, Switzerland|

The project is made up of two independent buildings: "La Coudraie," which is a temporary accommodation that offers training for young adults with disabilities to live independently; and "Les Hêtres" which has six studios
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  • Wohnüberbauung Spillmatte

Wohnüberbauung Spillmatte

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Residential – housing, Switzerland|

The development is located in front of a heterogeneous development structure of single-family and multi-family houses. By staggering the three six-family houses both horizontally and vertically, the building appears small-scale and blends into the
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  • House F

House F

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Residential – houses, Switzerland|

The building site is situated in the outskirts of Romanshorn in the former hamlet of Holzenstein. The hamlet is characterised by the converted farmhouses and artisans' houses that line the winding and slightly sloping
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  • The Tüfisteg pedestrian and bicycle bridge, Adliswil

The Tüfisteg pedestrian and bicycle bridge, Adliswil

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Wood Design 2022, Switzerland|

The Tüfisteg pedestrian and bicycle bridge in Adliswil is getting on in years. Analyses showed that replacing the bridge would cost almost as much as renovating it. Today, a new bridge leads over the Sihl
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  • Bavvic

Bavvic

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Wood Design 2022, Switzerland|

Multifunctional, sensory open-ended and designer constructive blocks that help to engage children in a culture of learning through creative hands-on approach. It's a unique combination. An open-ended wooden building blocks with sensory silicon connectors, designed
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  • Spot lamp

Spot lamp

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Product Design 2022, Switzerland|

More and more people are integrating spotlights in their ceilings, but it is usually not optimal. Spot is a new lamp using two LED spotlights that play with direct and indirect light. The walls and
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  • Lindt Home of Chocolate, Kilchberg

Lindt Home of Chocolate, Kilchberg

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Tourism Design 2022, Switzerland|

The headquarters of Lindt & Sprüngli, the Swiss chocolatier, founded in 1845, are located near Lake Zurich on the outskirts of Switzerland‘s most populous city. The firm‘s long and successful history of producing quality chocolate
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  • New Headquarters of Swatch S.A., Biel/Bienne

New Headquarters of Swatch S.A., Biel/Bienne

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Wood Design 2022, Switzerland|

The project comprises three new buildings for the Omega and Swatch brands. The architect’s goal was to connect the three buildings with the element of wood, which relates to the local context of this particular
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  • Ekkharthof Community Building, Lengwil

Ekkharthof Community Building, Lengwil

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Wood Design 2022, Switzerland|

The living and working place for people in need of care was built in the 1970s as a gesamtkunstwerk in anthroposophical design language. Its situated in the middle of the landscape around lake of
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  • Zoe by Stadler Form – Shine Showcase

Zoe by Stadler Form – Shine Showcase

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Product Design 2022, Switzerland|

Zoe by Stadler Form was created with the aim of developing a unique aroma diffuser. One, that simultaneously distributes the desired fragrance as extra fine mist and, thanks to its perfectly shaped elegance, attracts
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  • Floating realities, Geneva

Floating realities, Geneva

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Tourism Design 2022, Switzerland|

The spaces in ORIGIN are about the progression towards a very interiorized experience, through colours, materials, living beings (plants) that accompany the experience of floating naked on a highly salted water pod. What has been
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  • Chenot Palace Weggis Health Wellness Hotel

Chenot Palace Weggis Health Wellness Hotel

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Tourism Design 2022, Switzerland|

The true beauty of a built place is proportional to the positive influence it has on people. When we wonder why we feel so good in a place, so ‘at home’, it is because its
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  • Rigot Collective Dwelling Centre, Geneve

Rigot Collective Dwelling Centre, Geneve

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Wood Design 2022, Switzerland|

The project, located in Geneva, next to the United Nations, was impulsed by an urgent and temporary measure aiming at accommodating 370 migrants. The building, made of Swiss wood, is bound to be relocated
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  • Officebuilding Küng Holzbau, Alpnach

Officebuilding Küng Holzbau, Alpnach

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Wood Design 2022, Switzerland|

For about ten years now, Stephan Küng, head of Küng Holzbau (Küng Timber Constructions) in second generation, has put a lot of effort in solid wood construction. “Holzpur” (Pure Wood) is the name of
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  • Hotel Zermama, Zermatt

Hotel Zermama, Zermatt

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2022 – Winner, Residential architecture, Switzerland|

Hotel Mama is centrally located in the fashionable town of Zermatt, steeped-in-tradition, with a view of the world-famous Matterhorn. The aim of the architectural design was to create a characteristic building envelope that reflects the
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  • House Bättig, Valchava

House Bättig, Valchava

Architecture, Austria, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2022 – Winner, Residential architecture, Switzerland|

The house Bättig stands between the edge of the settlement and the adjacent pastures on a sloping plot in Valchava in Val Müstair. Adapted to the building plot and its topography, the house was
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  • House Spiess, Taufers im Münstertal

House Spiess, Taufers im Münstertal

Architecture, Austria, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2022 – Winner, Residential architecture, Switzerland|

The existing house in Taufers i.M. was demolished due to its poor condition. The new building, however, was to be reminiscent of the existing building and was to fit back into the surrounding landscape
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  • SPRITZ

SPRITZ

BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2022 – Winner, Furniture, Switzerland, Wood|

The SPRITZ project, in addition to being designed during the quarantine, is dedicated to it. During quarantine many were unable to leave the house for months. In those months, designer Filippo Mambretti felt the need
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