Spillmann Echsle

The Zurich architects Annette Spillmann and Harald Echsle became renowned in 2006 with their container tower for the FREITAG bag and fashion label in Zurich. It represents “architecture without architects” while also being a nonchalant solution for a common architectural programme in the midst of an inhospitable residual zone. The 2013 “House of Switzerland” in Sochi (Russia) is intelligently derived from the same approach.