A.Mag 29 brings together three Swiss architects — Roger Boltshauser, Lilitt Bollinger, and Raphael Zuber — whose work challenges the received idea of Swiss architecture as purely austere, revealing a shared sensibility rooted in analogy, atmosphere, and material memory.
About This Book
Swiss architecture carries a reputation for cool rigour, but this issue of A.Mag complicates that reading through the work of three practitioners who trained together at ETH Zurich, where the concept of ‘analogous architecture’ was developed. Boltshauser, Bollinger, and Zuber each work in distinct registers, yet their projects converge around a common method: thinking through associations, correspondences, and historical precedent rather than pure formal abstraction. The result is work that holds traditional structures in productive tension with contemporary needs, achieving what the publication describes as “unique atmospheres.” Sustainability and material quality run throughout as persistent concerns, positioning all three as architects deeply attentive to the relationship between past and present.
Key Features
- 208 pages of architectural documentation, project photography, and critical writing across three distinct Swiss practices
- Features work by Roger Boltshauser, Lilitt Bollinger, and Raphael Zuber
- Published by A.Mag, ISBN 9789895333059
What You'll Discover
- How the ETH Zurich tradition of analogous architecture translates into three markedly different but philosophically aligned bodies of work
- The role of association and correspondence as design methods — an alternative to both historicism and purely abstract modernism
- How each architect navigates the tension between traditional building typologies and contemporary spatial and programmatic demands
- A sustained engagement with sustainability and craft quality as conditions of architectural atmosphere, not afterthoughts
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- Dimensions: 240 x 320 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789895333059
- Publisher: A.Mag
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and students interested in contemporary Swiss practice, analogous architecture, and the ETH Zurich intellectual tradition; researchers exploring how historical precedent informs present-day design.