Renovating landmarks: Swiss News looks at the task of preserving Switzerland's landmark building heritage and the bond between architects and government design watchdogs.
Swiss News › Nbr. 2003, June 2003
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Renovating landmarks: Swiss News looks at the task of preserving Switzerland's landmark building heritage and the bond between architects and government design watchdogs.
Question: How can architects reawaken a "sleeping beauty" in the Swiss Alps? Answer: With a truly princely "kiss", of course.
The government overseers of cultural preservation say this wakeup technique not only calls for tender resuscitation skills but a deep and abiding sensitivity to the nearly buried past. And this may require a princely pocketbook as well. Two su...See the full content of this document
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