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With a modest but growing list of projects to his name it is not hard to understand why people get excited about this little known Swiss architect. Often understated, with a good feeling for materials, particularly concrete, his buildings are not only sympathetic to their surroundings but also demonstrate a tacit sensitivity to historical architectural practices and proportions. A total of 13 projects are examined through photographs, plans and details, including private houses built in Switzerland, the Novartis Campus Visitor Center and the School Complex Im Birch.

Peter Märkli: Lecture: On Ancient Architecture

Novartis Campus Visitor Center
Tourist Center Ascona
Hohlstrasse Apartment and Business Building
Organ of Basel Cathedral
School Complex Im Birch
Picasso Center Office Building

Erwin J.S. Viray: Essay: Peter Märkli, Structure Form Emotion

Two Single Family Houses in Trubbach-Azmoos
La Congiunta – House for Sculptures
Apartment Conversion in Walenstadtberg
Single Family House in Winterthur
Single Family House in Hünenberg
Single Family House in Grabs
Single Family House in Azmoos

Series: New Relationship between Landscape Architecture and Urban Design – Part 12
Lucy Bullivan: Tonkin Liu: Places of Sens