Thanks for the input Cardinal.

Here's a cool house built in the Valais region just down the road from you in Forel.

http://www.nunatak.ch/projets_nunata...uffrey/01b.jpg

(Oh, and by the way, good luck with selling all your household items. The 10 post minimum to list the stuff is a bummer.)

I stumbled across this the other day just after visiting the botanical gardens. The cast iron railings first caught my eye before I saw the building. It is an amazing building and must be one of the most important residential properties in the city.

There is a major restoration project underway there at present. As I understand it, this is being financed party by commercial development in the grounds.

Like many large residential properties it seems to have faced a chequered history since its original construction and is now in the hands of Zurich city rather than a private owner

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Patumbah

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I'm still not a big fan of most of the new stuff, but what I do truly enjoy is when they renovate old chalets that need it and bring back the life in them.

Vitrahaus showroom on the outskirts of Basel, designed by Herzog & de Meuron. A cool building full of cool stuff.

Therme Vals designed by Peter Zumthor built with local Valser Quarsel.

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How about the Zurich departure lounge!

A building should have some folklore behind it. And Urban-Mythology as well. I nominate in this spirit the Blutturm on the Aare in the center of the city of Bern.

A few people have mentioned this one. Note to self: must get out to see it (and have a massage).

I noticed in a Vanity Fair piece recently that it was voted the 3rd most important piece of architecture built since 1980.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/fe...?currentPage=1

Villa Karma, near Clarens, VD. Adolf Loos, architect





http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...26tbs%3Disch:1

Today I finally got to visit the Paul Klee museum. A beautiful autumn day, sun streaming in through all that glass, inspirational art, kids deep in concentration creating their own masterpieces, people wandering past peering into the ateliers. A genius building. Fell a little more in love with Renzo Piano today.

Can highly recommend a visit. A special experience, especially for kids.

On another topic, I'm so sad to see CH-Expat has left us. He made this thread what it is. Thank you for your amazing contributions.