Established on the global stage by the international success and influence of architects such as Peter Zumthor and Herzog & de Meuron‎,‎ today‎'‎s generation of architects in Switzerland draws on the country‎'‎s distinctive landscape of alpine peaks‎,‎ crystalline lakes and efficient cities‎,‎ and fuses traditional Swiss materials with new high‎-tech tools and innovative construction methods‎.‎ New Swiss Architecture documents fifty of the most important buildings of the last decade through architectural photographs that highlight their exceptional detail‎,‎ attention to context and material experimentation‎.‎ Because of their isolated locations‎,‎ many of these buildings are little known‎,‎ despite having been designed by leading architects‎,‎ including Christ & Gantenbein‎,‎ Gigon/Guyer‎,‎ Valerio Olgiati‎,‎ Charles Pictet‎,‎ Richter Dahl Rocha and Diener & Diener‎.‎ The book is presented in two sections‎:‎ the first comprises a photographic portfolio of projects organized into themes‎:‎ Alpine‎,‎ Infrastructural‎,‎ Recreational‎,‎ Rural‎,‎ Suburban‎,‎ Urban‎.‎ The second section desc‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎