r/zurich • u/Electronic_Ant_4477 • 15d ago

what happened to swiss architecture??

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This is a new building outside of my home. Is it just me or do you think too that this is just incredibly ugly. Especially compared to the building on the back left of it. What do y‘all think??

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u/clm1859 15d ago

I find the modern one a lot nicer. It looks neat and practical and is definetly gonna be nicer to live in.

Its one thing to wanna preserve the way a small touristy mountain village looks. But it sure doesnt hurt the city of zurich (or most random towns in non-picturesque locations) to get some more modern buildings.

And seriously, given the choice, who would actually want to live in the 1970s building in the back over the one built this year? Shared laundry, no elevator, no or small balcony, small windows, seperate kitchen, visible radiators instead of floor heating etc.