New silicon acids could destroy “eternal chemicals”
Researchers at TU Berlin have achieved a breakthrough: They have developed a new class of silicon-based super Lewis acids that can break down even extremely stable compounds such as PFAS.…
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Lock-in effect blocks the housing market
The gap between asking rents and existing rents is growing. Many tenants are staying in apartments that no longer suit their living situation for fear of higher costs. The phenomenon…
Barrier-free doors thanks to invisible damping system
Dormakaba has launched a new soft-closing system for doors. IST Home is designed to enable doors to be opened and closed gently and to provide barrier-free access in living areas.
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Digital twins for energy systems are gaining in importance
Urban Sympheny AG has completed ESRI's three-year start-up programme. During this time, Sympheny has integrated ESRI's geodata technology into its services. These are designed to support the planning and management…
Swissbau 2026 provides strong impetus
From January 20 to 23/24, 2026, the Swiss construction and real estate industry will meet at Swissbau at Messe Basel. Under the motto "Setting new impulses together", the concentrated expertise…
Red Dot Award for Swiss office furniture series
The jury of the Red Dot Award has honoured LO Summit from Lista Office LO with the prestigious design prize. They praised the versatility, elegance and intelligent design of the…
Track construction and modernisation at Speicher station
Walo Bertschinger supports track construction work in the municipality of Speicher. The municipality is planning to remodel its railway station for the long term. Construction is scheduled to end in…
Pilot project for intelligent automated mobility is progressing
The Swiss Transit Lab, the cantons of Zurich and Aargau and SBB are preparing the deployment of self-driving vehicles in the Furttal valley. A digital map of the region is…
Students consider Food Factory in Basel
Students from the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland have spent a year analysing the food cycle. The idea of setting up a food factory…
Green spaces as ecological capital for cities
Untapped potential lies dormant between buildings. Urban green spaces can make a decisive contribution to climate adaptation and biodiversity. Landscape architecture must be more than just a specialist discipline. It…
Flash GDP shows only minimal growth
The Swiss economy noticeably lost momentum in the second quarter of 2025. According to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs' flash estimate, gross domestic product only grew by 0.1%. While…
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Builders’ association welcomes EU negotiating mandate
The Swiss Federation of Master Builders supports the adopted negotiating mandate with the European Union. According to the association, orderly relations with the EU are key for Switzerland. Thanks to…
Switzerland needs faster approval procedures
Switzerland is building too few apartments. Instead of the required 50,000, only around 42,000 are expected to be built in 2025. A new study by the Federal Office for Housing…
Nuclear waste as a resource for the energy transition
Nuclear waste is seen as a burden for future generations, but researchers are now discovering an opportunity. Radioactive waste could help to produce the urgently needed fuel tritium for nuclear…
Heat protection on construction sites becomes a joint task
Periods of heat are increasingly posing major challenges for construction in Switzerland. Where individual hot days used to be the exception, they are now a permanent feature of summer. This…
Microfactories with AI are changing housing construction
A new partnership between ABB Robotics and the US company Cosmic Buildings is bringing movement to housing construction. Mobile, AI-powered microfactories will be used to build homes in disaster areas…
Upcycling project transforms leftover material into office furniture
Restemöbel has completed its first major interior fit-out project at the solar technology company Planeco with the Basel-based construction company in situ. The two partners of restemöbel have been producing…
First tower crane with its own power generation in operation in Baden
The Baden Cantonal Hospital is using the Greenpower crane as a world first for renovation work in the decommissioned old building. According to manufacturer rollende Werkstatt Kran AG, it is…