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Helvetia Headquarters

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Herzog and De Meuron
 
location Sankt Gallen
function office
contributed by stefan_tuchila

Simple but yet complex, one of the best works by this Swiss practice can be found in St. Gallen. The recipe is simple: take a simple form of building and give it a nice skin. Using a series of repetitive modules, the architects create a façade that decomposes the site, the context, the surroundings. The different angle of each module creates this effect, which is emphasized by the beautiful "savage" garden that neighbours the buildings.

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Helvetia Headquarters
Address
Dufourstrasse 40
9000 Sankt Gallen
Switzerland
Project is public!
Opening hours you can visit the garden any time, and the entry halls, the rest of the building is forbidden to public access
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Completion 2004
ArchitectHerzog and De Meuron
Client Helvetia Patria
 
Project ID 1316
Latitude/Longitude 47°25'56N 09°22'31E
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