Uetlihof 1 – Zurich
The Uetlihof building in Zurich is the nerve center of Credit Suisse AG. Tucked away from public view, some 5,500 employees provide technical infrastructure and back-office advisory services in support of the bank's global operations. With its award-winning landscape design – set against a tongue of woodland running down from the Uetliberg mountain and with planted courtyards slotted into its 36-cell honeycomb structure – the building, inaugurated in 1979, is very much rooted in the ecology movement that sprang from the 1970s oil crisis.
This architectural stance also informed the brief for the 2009/10 project to adapt the Uetlihof building in line with changed operational requirements, including a new client area, outside the security zone, in which to receive business partners.
James Licini
Steel Construction HEB 22, 2005, steel, 2 parts, each 165 x 55 x 55 cm
René Gilsi
Pavers, n.d., oil on canvas, 72 x 92 cm
Silvio Mattioli
Radiance, 1978, chrome-nickel steel, 230 x 650 x 205 cm
Silvio Mattioli
Radiance, 1978, chrome-nickel steel, 230 x 650 x 205 cm
Nelly Lowe-Pajarola
Viva, n.d., new wool, 200 x 159 cm
Elsi Giauque
Sounding Columns, 1978/80, acrylic strings, 2-4 m
Elsi Giauque
Sounding Columns, 1978/80, acrylic strings, 2-4 m
Carlotta Stocker
Color Palette Table on Yellow, 1970-1971, acrylic on canvas, 130 x 165 cm
Walter Kerker
Hagia Sophia, 1961, oil on canvas, 106 x 126 cm
Andreas Straub
Italia 67 & Italia 57, 1993, acrylic on canvas, 2 parts, 190 x 190 cm & 200 x 190 cm
Rita Ernst
Shadow Shapes, 1984, oil varnish on wood, 9 parts, various dimensions
Christoph Kappeler
Dancing Lessons, 1984, acrylic on canvas, 4 parts, various dimensions
Silvie Defraoui
Minas de Plata, 2001, Ilfochrome behind plexiglas, 167 x 129 cm
Silvie Defraoui
from the series: Interval, 2004, ectacolor endura behind perforated plexiglas, 10 parts, each 43 x 43 cm
Gian Paolo Minelli
Cité Desnos #024, 2009, inkjet print on fine art paper, 105 x 130 cm
Gian Paolo Minelli
Zbrojovky Brno #20 & #14, 2008, inkjet print on fine art baryta paper, 2 parts, each 85 x 70 cm
Katrin Freisager
My Sister Never Sleeps #9, 2009, Lightbox, 152 x 187 cm
Katrin Freisager
Wonderland #7, 2010, C-print on diasec, 120 x 147 cm