Andreas Ruby - Böcker

The new SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook is the first of its kind in Switzerland. Jointly edited by the Basel-based Swiss Architecture Museum S AM and the renowned architecture journal werk, bauen+wohnen on behalf of the Stiftung Architektur Schweiz, it reflects the country’s remarkably diverse architectural creation and provides international visibility for the outstanding quality of Swiss architecture and building culture.Yet SAY is more than a mere selection of the best: it thoroughly examines current topics that concern many people at the time of a construction boom in the country and amid the increasingly felt effects of climate change. From a list of well over a hundred nominees from all parts of the country, 36 projects were selected by an international jury for SAY’s inaugural 2023/24 edition. The featured projects are supplemented by topical essays that look at the most pressing questions in Swiss architecture discourse, at the characteristics of Swiss architecture today, and examine what lasting contribution it makes to the quality of life in all parts of the country.

The Swiss Architecture Yearbook (SAY), published biannually, is an inspiring and informative source for a wide audience interested in architecture. It reflects the country’s remarkably diverse architectural production and discusses current trends and challenges in design and construction. Moreover, it provides international visibility for the outstanding quality of Swiss architecture and building culture.SAY’s second edition of 2025/26 is again more than merely a selection of the best: it examines topics that concern many people in a time of construction boom and amid the increasingly felt effects of climate change. More than 30 featured projects were selected by an independent international jury from a list of some 160 nominees from all parts of the country. They are supplemented by topical essays asking what the most pressing questions in Swiss architecture discourse are, what defines architecture in Switzerland, and how a sustainable contribution to the quality of life in all parts of the country can be made.Text in English, French, German and Italian.