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Keep the roof, lose the steel: Allen + Crippa win Holcim's visitor workshop in Siggenthal
Allen + Crippa won Holcim's open SIA 142 competition in Siggenthal with «Holcim Lab»: a kept shed roof, re-used slabs and carbon-prestressed CPC concrete.
Rooms first: soppelsa architekten win Schwarzenburg's new Oberstufenzentrum with «Merel»
Zürich office soppelsa architekten wins Schwarzenburg's Oberstufenzentrum with «Merel»: 40 applicants, a unanimous jury, about CHF 20 million, move-in 2031.
Three doors into the model: what we let an agent touch after BIM-Edit and IFCMemoryBench
BIM-Edit and IFCMemoryBench measured LLM agents inside IFC models. A Zurich office turns 3.4 % and 32.4 % into a written model-access policy.
Schmid Schärer win Meggen's new pool by building into the hole already there
Schmid Schärer Architekten win Meggen's new indoor pool unanimously from 72 applicants, with a timber scheme built into the 1973 pool's existing excavation.
Gigon/Guyer in 2026: a Rotkreuz school win and a handbook that publishes the method
Gigon/Guyer won the Kantonsschule Rotkreuz competition in 2026 and published its CO2 handbook. Why a written competition method is what a practice repeats.
From Architekten to Architektur: the Zurich cooperative that named itself after the work
Zurich cooperative pool became pool Architektur in 2026. How a weekly all-partner crit and shared income kept 500+ projects going without a star name.
BKG Architekten at 75: A New Zürich Address and the 15–20 Question
Zürich's BKG Architekten, founded 1951, marks 75 years at a new address. Its jubilee text names 15–20 staff as the optimal size. What is right for yours?
Post-occupancy on yourself: why EM2N opened its own office at Open House Zurich
EM2N opened its own low-tech office at Open House Zürich 2026. Why a partner-led tour is post-occupancy on yourself, and a five-decision tour script.
The SIA fee formula is gone. Now your office has to argue the number.
LHO:2026 withdraws the SIA fee-cost formula after a WEKO intervention. Swiss offices must now argue the number from their own effort data — here's how to start.
Fourteen years, one floor system: what VAULTED teaches a small Swiss office
VAULTED AG took fourteen years from a cathedral thesis to CreaTower I in Zug. What a small Swiss practice borrows: one system, shared models, IFC discipline.
