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Wall to wall Swiss

London's Tate Modern? Swiss architect. The big, shiny ball at La Villette in Paris? Swiss architect. The famous 'Bird’s Nest' Olympic stadium in Beijing? Swiss architects. It may seem incongruous that a country famous fo [...]

Posted On : Jul, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Swiss-made Serpentine pavilion presents garden of tranquilit...

A blackbird sang so loudly from a tree overlooking the cloistered garden of this year's Serpentine gallery pavilion in London's Kensington Gardens, that it was all but impossible to hear what Peter Zumthor, its architect (below), [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Europe unites to deplore Swiss ban on minarets

The Swiss and European establishment united today in deploring yesterday's decision by Swiss voters to outlaw the construction of minarets but conservative leaders warned that the referendum showed genuine fear over Islam on the continent. [...]