The new SAY Swiss Architecture Yearbook is the first of its kind in Switzerland. Jointly edited by the Basel-based Swiss Architecture Museum S AM and the renowned architecture journal werk, bauen+wohnen on behalf of the Stiftung Architektur Schweiz, it reflects the country's remarkably diverse architectural creation and provides international visibility for the outstanding quality of Swiss architecture and building culture. Yet SAY is more than a mere selection of the best: it thoroughly examines current topics that concern many people at the time of a construction boom in the country and amid the increasingly felt effects of climate change. From a list of well over a hundred nominees from all parts of the country, 36 projects were selected by an international jury for SAY's inaugural 2023/24 edition. The featured projects are supplemented by topical essays that look at the most pressing questions in Swiss architecture discourse, at the characteristics of Swiss architecture today, and examine what lasting contribution it makes to the quality of life in all parts of the country. AUTHORS: Stiftung Architektur Schweiz SAS, established in 2022, supports and promotes national and international visibility of and the professional dialogue on architecture and building culture in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The Swiss Architecture Museum S AM in Basel, founded in 1984 and active under its current name since 2006, is Switzerland's leading institution for the display of and dialogue on contemporary architecture. Andreas Ruby is an art historian and educator serving as S AM's director since 2016. werk, bauen + wohnen, published since 1914, is Switzerland's foremost architecture journal. Daniel Kurz is a historian and architecture critic and was chief editor of werk, bauen + wohnen during 2012?21. SELLING POINTS: . Inaugural edition of the new biennial Swiss Architecture Yearbook . Showcases 36 outstanding new buildings as well as urban and landscape design projects, selected by an international jury . With supplementary essays on the most relevant topics in the face of current challenges in the field of architecture and urban design 230 colour, 30 b/w illustartions
