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Architects criticise “malling” of Switzerland
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“Whatever Switzerland does it should not make every mistake that was ever made in America,” said David Rogers of Los Angeles-based Jerde Partnership. This was Rogers’ response on hearing at a recent architecture symposium in Lucerne that large shopping malls are being built on the peripheries of Zurich, Bern, Lucerne and Fribourg (see related story).…
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The museum, which will cost $91 million (SFr112.3 million) to build and will open in 2010, is part of a master plan to revitalise the centre of Warsaw, one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. The L-shaped museum will be located next to the 230-metre-high Palace of Science and Culture, Warsaw’s best-known landmark, and…
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On Wednesday opponents of the SFr68 million ($65.8 million) new museum, planned to be built on the shores of Lake Geneva, handed in almost 18,000 signatures to force a local ballot on November 30. The current cantonal fine arts museum is housed alongside other cultural institutions in the cramped Renaissance-style Palais de Rumine building in…
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