Shortly after the load-bearing steel columns were installed, Nüssli celebrated the topping-out ceremony for the refurbishment of the Mack Pyramid in Monheim am Rhein, Germany. The building is set to become an exhibition and cultural

The Landis Gyr Group is relocating within Cham. Its new headquarters are in a modern office building just a few steps away from the old

The city of Biel wants to acquire the industrial property at Mattenstrasse 133. The factory building is to be used for the city archives from 2033 onwards. Until then, it is planned to be used temporarily as a gymnasium and city library. The municipal council is now requesting 3.89 million Swiss

SBB operates trains, manages train stations and has quietly become one of the most powerful real estate companies in Switzerland. What once belonged to the general public now yields billions in returns. Resistance is boiling over in Lausanne. Almost 1000 objections to a single

Less than 500 inhabitants, a tax rate of 115 percent and a structural deficit with no end in sight. Regensberg, the third smallest municipality in the canton of Zurich, is under pressure. But instead of waiting for outside help, 13 villagers have taken the initiative themselves. With a building

CKW AG plans to relocate its headquarters from Lucerne to Emmen in the coming years. The first construction projects on Reuss Island could be approved and implemented from 2030

ERNE is constructing a high-bay warehouse with modern office space and workstations for Lagerhäuser Aarau AG at its Hunzenschwil site. Completion of the shell is scheduled for the end of

The Burkhalter Group has acquired Caotec SA, a company operating in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC) sector. With this acquisition, the Burkhalter Group aims to expand its HVAC services to the Upper and Lower Engadine and Valposchiavo regions in the

Raman Misinovic joins the management team at fsp Architects as the new COO. Misinovic previously spent several years as a project and team leader at fsp and most recently worked as a freelance

The Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics is shelving the planned project to use deep geothermal energy for the National Sports Centre in Magglingen. The costs of deep drilling are higher than expected. Instead, geothermal energy closer to the surface and heat pumps are to be

Baden Regio and the Cantonal School in Wettingen carried out a joint spatial planning project. A striking finding was how important people's coexistence was when planning residential and working

The voters of St. Gallen have cleared the way for the Wil West business park. By voting yes to the sale of land to the canton of Thurgau, a key milestone has been reached. This is important for the economic future of the region, but also for more orderly settlement and transport development in the

In Fribourg, the Tour Invictus is a 60-metre residential tower rising into the sky. It stands for high-density living, new forms of housing for the elderly and the question of how far a city wants to grow and

A new quarter is being created on the Wellis site in Willisau that combines living, working and meeting in a small space. The former industrial site is developing into an independent urban building block. Dense, green and networked with the railroad, old town and region.

Three interdisciplinary teams have developed proposals for the future development of the new Thun Nord district. An advisory committee has used these proposals to derive key parameters for the next steps. The results of this workshop process are currently on display at Thun Town

The Gold Coast location promotion agency, newly established in November 2025 for the district of Meilen, has published its annual programme for 2026/27. The first general meeting will take place in Stäfa on 15 April.

Researchers and engineers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) are working with partners to develop new repair methods for concrete bridges. The aim is to use shape memory steel to reinforce the

Preparatory work for the new "Wohnen am Stadtpark" retirement home in Schlieren will begin in March. The withdrawal of two appeals in December 2025 cleared the way for this. The official ground-breaking ceremony is planned for April.

Over the next two years, the cantons of St. Gallen, Thurgau and Schaffhausen will be developing planning principles for new landfills for slag from waste incineration (WIP). The aim is to ensure secure waste disposal for the next 30 years and to exploit economic and ecological

At the beginning of the year, the canton of Zurich created the Zurich Innovation Park specialist unit within the Office for Economic Affairs. It is headed by Benjamin Grimm. Its purpose is to ensure the division of tasks between the various players, coordinate cantonal projects and involve

Herzog Kull Group Holding AG (HKG) from Rotkreuz will be relocating within Baden-Dättwil. On 1 March 2026, the company will move from its current address at Im Langacker to Täfernstrasse 14A. The new premises offer more space, which should contribute to the further development of the

With the workshop process for the Thun North core area, a key development project in the Bernese Oberland is taking shape. Three teams have shown how a new district could be created around the future S-Bahn station, characterised by open space, identity and future

The next project on the Werkmatt Uri site is taking shape. The canton of Uri and Risa Immobilien SA with investor Marcus Weber have signed the purchase agreement for construction site 11. Construction is scheduled to start in autumn 2026 and modern office and commercial space is to be built in a

Innovative neighbourhoods, campuses and parks are springing up on industrial sites in the Basel area. Flexible architecture, sustainable energy, smart mobility and new working environments are transforming various areas into laboratories for the future of the

Revizto has announced its membership of buildingSmart. The software provider for the construction industry aims to expand its portfolio in the DACH

Both Basel cantons want to support the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy. This is provided for in their first hydrogen strategy. The production, storage and use of green hydrogen are to be bundled in clusters and

Innovative neighbourhoods, campuses and parks are being created on industrial sites in the Basel region. Flexible architecture, sustainable energy, smart mobility and new working environments are transforming various sites into laboratories for the future of the

For a long time, the Catllaràs chalet was considered an architectural enigma with no signed plans. A recent study now clearly attributes the remote building in the Pyrenees to Antoni Gaudí and shows how radically he intertwined the supporting structure, geometry and regional building tradition in

In the Bahnhof Nord area in Regensdorf, Plazza is developing a large-scale residential and mixed-use project with around 283 flats, commercial premises and neighbourhood infrastructure. The design plan, higher utilisation and new access will transform the former commercial belt into a dense urban

For a project run by Innovation Zurich's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Sandbox, Swiss railway company Südostbahn and irmos technologies used sensors to collect information about an old bridge. This demonstrates the huge potential of data-based infrastructure