The building has a floor area of about 5,812 ft² and is intended for storage. The complex is divided into 10 different units, with common access from the inner courtyard, each equipped with a mezzanine for storing goods or equipment.
A new timber structure can be admired in Monbijoupark in the city of Bern, Switzerland. The gazebo was built during the park renovation and is to be used as a meeting place in the future. The unusual shape is particularly eye-catching and fits perfectly with the surroundings.
Edelweiss Industrial Park Münchwilen combines modern office space and storage facilities with a production hall. The timber structure, with a timber-concrete composite ceiling, forms an interesting structure that is an excellent example of modern and efficient construction.
Lokstadt, a new urban district, is under construction in the city of Winterthur, Switzerland. The first building to be completed is called "Crocodile". This residential building, which was BIM planned right from the start, is one of the largest timber structures in Switzerland.
The Knies Magician's Hat is the 2021 highlight of the reopened "Knies Kinderzoo" (personal petting zoo experience for children) in Rapperswil on Lake Zurich, Switzerland. The impressive shell structure was built using timber elements and rises to a height of 85 ft.
A tower called "Semiramis", consisting of five oversized wooden plant bowls, is being built in Zug, Switzerland. The structure, with an extraordinary design, will be built in the middle of the new innovation district called Tech Cluster Zug.
Uptown Basel AG is building a new campus for Industry 4.0 located on the former factory site of Stamm Bau AG in Arlesheim. The structure described here is part of the first building for the new campus.
The school building addition in Sutz-Lattrigen was built on the existing foundation floor. This foundation was not designed to withstand a second story. Therefore, the loads from the first floor and the additional second story had to be designed as concentrated loads. In order to reduce the weight but also for educational and sustainability reasons, timber was used in the construction of the new building.
After more than 2 1/2 years of construction, the world’s highest 3S cableway, "Matterhorn glacier ride", opened at the end of September 2018. The $55 million project was developed to increase passenger capacity to the Klein Matterhorn, at an altitude of 12,802 ft. Additionally, it is now possible to keep the service running when performing maintenance work on the existing tramway.
The modular structure of the school will only remain at the present location for eight years. After this period, 36 timber modules, including the screw foundations, will be removed entirely and reconstructed at another location. Therefore, a completely new configuration of the floors and the ground plan design will be possible. The simple yet functional structure includes the architectural highlight of a front-facing flight of stairs constructed with timber truss girders.
A 62-foot‑high, accessible wooden skier named Edy was the symbolic figure of the 2017 World Ski Championships in St. Moritz. The monument is a large replica of the late skier Edy Reinalter, from St. Moritz.
Regular maintenance and repairs of an aircraft include performing aircraft engine testing. For the protection of the residents in nearby communities, Flughafen Zürich AG (FZAG) commissioned the planning of a noise protection hangar which goes beyond the legal requirements for noise protection.
A unique roof structure covering the bus station was built in the Swiss town of Aarau at the end of 2013. The canopy has a cloud-like shape and contains the largest single-chamber cushion in the world. It has a volume of 63,920 ft3 and a roofed area of 11,517 ft2.
In December 2013, a hotel with extraordinary architecture opened in Davos, Switzerland. The building has the shape of a “Golden Egg” and is situated on a mountainside. The hotel is elliptical in shape with all the corners rounded. It was constructed using reinforced concrete and its external dimensions are about 344 ft x 131 ft.
The bird-watching tower in the Reuss River delta is an exceptional lookout construction in the Urner Alps. Its striking primary framework consists of 48 log timber columns standing in an inclined position. From four viewing platforms, people seeking relaxation enjoy the wonderful view over the river delta, and ornithologists can watch nesting birds.
In May 2012, the new Saldome2 building of the Swiss company Salt Works on the Rhine AG was officially put into operation. With a span length of 120 m (394 ft) and a height of 31.6 m (104 ft), the salt storage is the biggest dome structure in Europe. It was designed and built by Häring, a Swiss company specializing in timber technology. The structural analysis was performed by Häring engineers R. Schneider and C. Zihlmann, using the Dlubal Software programs RSTAB and TIMBER Pro.