The new alpine 'hut' on Monte Rosa, at an altitude of 2883 meters (9458 feet) near Zermatt was opened in September 2009. This innovative building emerged from a collaborative effort between the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC), and many experts and s[...]
Peter Markli is one of the most important Swiss architects working today. As professor of architecture and construction at ETH Zurich, he has always made the concepts of the void and the limit central to his teaching: for him, the articulation of the void, the external space, plays a role that is as[...]