Architecture

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• Jurg Conzett: engineering matters: Jurg Conzett is not an architect. This shouldn't be considered a handicap, though it is a surprise, for Conzett is the man representing Switzerland at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale--the world's most prestigious platform for showcasing contemporary architecture.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "It was fantastic news, but yes, it was a huge surprise when I heard of my selection," he laughs, "after all, I'm an engineer...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2010, Février 2010

• On the Armada bookshelf Camoupedia a compendium of research on art, architecture and camouflage.

Bobolink Books 2009 Rarely does a book cross this editor's desk that is not, after appropriate consideration, banished to life on the overcrowded re...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 3, Juin 2009

• Maestro of materials: Peter Zumthor, the 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate, is the antithesis of today's celebrity architect. He's the consummate 'architects' architect', highly esteemed by his peers and revered by young architects who find inspiration in his idiosyncratic buildings.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Zumthor works in a material world. For him, materials are to an architect what notes are to a musician. "Each has its own phy...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

• Arrêt nº 4A.3/2004 de Ire Cour de Droit Civil, 9 septembre 2004

Regeste Handelsregister; Eintragungspflicht; Ausübung freier Berufe; Art. 53 lit. C HRegV. Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde und Verfahrensstellung des Dritten, der die Eintragung eines Gewerbes verlangt (E. 1 und 2). Kognition des Bundesgerichts bei der Beurteilung einer Beschwerde gegen den Entscheid einer kantonalen Aufsichtsbehörde über das Handelsregister (E. 3). Voraussetzungen, unter denen die Ausübung eines freien Berufes, vorliegend der Betrieb eines Architekturbüros, nach Art. 53 lit. C HRegV der Pflicht zum Eintrag ins Handelsregister unterliegt (E. 4). **************************************** Regeste Registre du commerce; inscription obligatoire; profession libérale; art. 53 let. C ORC. Recevabilité du recours et position du tiers dénonciateur dans la procédure (consid. 1 et 2)....

... entreprise individuelle, un bureau d'architecture à Genève occupant de dix à dix-neuf collaborate...

• Swiss cities art & architecture: the cultural and architectural highlights in 26 cities are the theme of 'Art & Architecture', a new brochure published by Switzerland Tourism. Here are some of its highlights.

With the Art & Architecture theme route Switzerland Tourism honours Swiss art and celebrates the country's architecture. The route leads to exclusive ...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2005, Janvier 2005

• Men, and in Black, Usually

So then, what is Swedish design? As a nation, Sweden quickly went from poverty to becoming one of the world's richer countries and functionalism played a major role in getting society modernized. Sponsored by the Consulate General of Sweden, Exhibitions International and the Center for Architecture, a symposium highlighting contemporary architecture and design originating in Sweden took place at the Center for Architecture. Top architects and designers Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto, Ola Rune and Monica Förster spoke about their takes on Swedish design.

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. XVIII Num. 13, Septembre 2005
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• A gift of art for the United Nations: on joining the United Nations, Switzerland takes some soothing and classy Swiss art and architecture to the main UN building in New York--a place that has seen many a high profile diplomats in action.

In September 2002, Switzerland finally became a member of the United Nations. As custom has it, new members never enter empty, handed. An appropriate ...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2004, Mai 2004

• Hsbc Cultural Exchange Programme: The Business of Engaging in Cultural Industries

In 2008, London's Victoria & Albert Museum housed China Design Now -- the first exhibition in the UK to explore the explosion of contemporary design in China. The first major display in the developed world of modern China's creative industries, it was also an attempt to understand the impact of rapid economic development on architecture and design in China's major cities. Sponsored by the banking and financial services multinational HSBC, China Design Now is an example of how such companies are engaging in and promoting the creative industries in emerging markets. While the advent of corporate social responsibility strategies in developed countries is part of the reason, the drivers are not only altruistic but also make business sense. HSBC's involvement with China Design Now came a...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 3, Juillet - Juillet - Juillet 2010

• Rockwell Collins has reported that its Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) has been declared operational by the US Army for use in the CH-47F cockpit.

Rockwell Collins has reported that its Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) has been declared operational by the US Army for use in the CH-47F c...

• Armada International
• Vol. 31 Num. 6, Décembre 2007

• Implementierung Einer Anreizkompatiblen Senioritätsregel Zur Verhinderung Internationaler Verschuldungskrisen

Despite revolving sovereign debt crises, effective reforms of the international financial architecture with a view to improving crisis prevention have never been successfully implemented. In our view, policy makers have unduly focussed on crisis symptoms instead of tackling the true cause of debt crises, namely, the market failure on international bond markets. We argue that only if the market price of newly issued bonds adequately reflects the associated increase in default-risk, and if enforceable seniority rules as in private bond contracts are introduced can there be a reduction of the incentives to enter excessively large and short-term bond contracts. On the basis of contract theory we propose an institutional framework which reduces the incentives to unsustainable sovereign debt ...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 62 Num. 3, Septembre 2007