Country selection

Architecture in Switzerland

Compare researched houses and an adapted barn through their enclosures, openings and landscape relationships.

4 researched projects · Sources and editorial policy

The selection includes both new domestic forms and work with an existing building. Compare a protective side elevation, an open garden edge and a retained agricultural opening as different ways to control a threshold.

A strong roof profile is a starting point for looking, not a complete description of the rooms beneath it. Follow the interior galleries and project sources alongside the exterior photographs.

View through a timber-framed interior opening toward a dining room and garden.

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Ralph Germann architectes · Switzerland

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