The Foundation for the Honouring of Good Buildings in the Canton of Zurich has awarded the Canton of Zurich Architecture Prize. Four buildings were honoured in each of the award…
HKG Engineering AG wants to generate electricity on the roofs of its company buildings in future. Over the next six weeks, a photovoltaic system will be installed at the Aarau…
Cargo sour terrain (CST) is abandoning its goal of realizing a Swiss freight metro in the near future. CST justifies this by stating that the federal government, cantons and cities…
More than 60 years ago, Zurich architect André E. Bosshard presented a radical vision for Zurich. A new business city, built in the middle of Lake Zurich. The "City im…
With a legally binding ruling by the Schaffhausen High Court, the building technology association Suissetec has achieved an important success in the fight for fair market conditions. Two former employees…
On 09.09.2025, the Swissbau Community Event took place at uptownBasel in Arlesheim - a highlight for the construction and real estate industry. Around 80 participants from the Swissbau Community were…
With Andrea González, the ZHAW has gained an internationally recognized expert to head the new Smart Building Management competence group. From September 2025, she and her team will be working…
Anna Maria Blengino, CIO of Sunrise, has won the Confare Swiss CIOAWARD 2025. She was honored for the successful digital modernization of the company. Three other IT executives received the…
Households in Switzerland will pay an average of almost 4% less for electricity in the basic supply in 2026. The reduction is due to lower energy prices. At the same…
The Swiss Life Group further expanded its insurance and fee business in the first half of 2025. The insurance group is thus successfully launching its Swiss Life 2027 programme. The…
Mobimo has acquired a plot of land measuring around 12,000 square metres in Meggen on Lake Lucerne. The plan is to build a development with around 70 condominiums to expand…
With the H1, the Zwhatt site in Regensdorf has become the tallest timber hybrid high-rise in Switzerland. The project by Boltshauser Architekten represents a paradigm shift in urban residential construction…
Starting signal for a project of the century in Ticino. Construction work on the new SBB plant in Arbedo-Castione will officially begin with the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony on September 5,…
A research project by Empa, Bern University of Applied Sciences and ETH Zurich is closing a gap in the structural analysis of timber constructions. New models and large-scale tests should…
The police in the canton of Solothurn need a modern infrastructure in order to meet the increasing demands. The planned new building in Oensingen solves many existing problems and sets…
Energy-efficient refurbishment is often an attractive investment at the moment. If you take a smart approach to modernizing your heating system, you can save on operating costs, improve your carbon…
The government of Graubünden has approved the construction of the Alpin Parsenn large-scale photovoltaic plant in Davos. This means that the municipal utility alliance Swisspower can now begin construction of…
Small cities in Switzerland are increasingly interested in the topic of smart cities. This is the result of the new Swiss Smart City Survey conducted by the Zurich University of…
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