Inspiration: Collections

Explore weightiness in Swiss museums, from concrete Brutalism to James Turrell's ethereal mountain S kyspace.

By using in-house design to imagine and erect these inspiring spaces, the following eight architectu re firms took on a task that is just as challenging as it is exciting.

At each one of these homes, consideration is taken in order to create peace, lightness and serenity — the color white is used as an intentional tool in achieving such ends.

Grounding architecture, pure forms and geometry structure ideas on space, sequence and light. Repres entative of totality or movement, circles imply infinity and cyclical patterns as a sacred shape across cultures.

These structures lift off the ground to bring you closer to the earth.

As adaptations of and odes to the classical "cabins in the woods," the following projects harness a typology so age-old and familiar, yet render contemporary results.

Exploring the emerging ideas on green-roof design, these high schools advocate a close connection to natural systems.

Spanning across Italy, the eight projects enclosed in this collection are sites of excavation, re-el aboration and dynamic change.

Spanish architecture celebrates life. Across the country, buildings open to their context and each o ther. In turn, they open people to exchange.