XCMG Makes Waves at bauma China 2024 With Innovative Excavator Lineup Chinese construction equipment giant XCMG turned heads at the world’s premier construction machinery trade fair, bauma China 2024, unveiling a powerful new lineup of 17 excavator models and four key component sets. The showcase highlighted XCMG’s commitment to sustainability and its dedication to providing … Read more
Instrument of the immortals: Steinway is the Rolls Royce of pianos From the Steinweg orphan to the grand concert piano maker Steinway: The world’s finest concert pianos have been made largely by hand in New York for 171 years. <img alt="Steinway & Sons by Yahan Liu.” data-nzz-tid=”article-image” width=”4032″ height=”3024″ src=”https://img.chmedia.ch/2024/09/05/005e6292-9205-40eb-8555-e888b46dcf84.jpeg?width=654&height=492&fit=bounds&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=4022,3024,x0,y0″ loading=”eager” srcset=”https://img.chmedia.ch/2024/09/05/005e6292-9205-40eb-8555-e888b46dcf84.jpeg?width=680&height=511&fit=bounds&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=4022,3024,x0,y0 680w, https://img.chmedia.ch/2024/09/05/005e6292-9205-40eb-8555-e888b46dcf84.jpeg?width=1360&height=1023&fit=bounds&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=4022,3024,x0,y0 1360w, … Read more
Basel Bridge agglomeration program with lift tower and e-charging station: These transport projects are supported in the Fricktal 13 measures from the municipalities of Kaiseraugst, Rheinfelden, Stein and Obermumpf are to receive a boost as part of the Basel agglomeration program. The largest sums are likely to go towards the 45 meter long steel-concrete composite … Read more
Replacing the town hall bridge is now expected to cost 58 million The town hall bridge in the heart of Zurich’s old town is to be replaced for 58 million francs. The voters will decide on November 24th. The planned new Zurich town hall bridge (bottom right in the picture) is intended to play an … Read more
As of: October 4th, 2024 7:22 a.m According to the will of the Senate, numerous new wind turbines are to be built in Hamburg in the coming years. To this end, the environmental authority recently presented plans for new areas together with the urban development authority. The Federal Wind Energy Association considers these plans to … Read more
Road traffic First eight-lane motorway in Switzerland? Environmental associations are declaring war on the “billion-dollar construction craze”. It will be a heated voting battle. In November, voters will decide on a billion-dollar expansion of the highway. For opponents, the projects represent a completely outdated transport policy. On the Grauholz section near Bern, the A1 motorway … Read more
2.10.2024 13:29 (Akt. 2.10.2024 13:29) Student house TU Braunschweig won Mies van der Rohe Prize ©APA/Architekturzentrum Wien “Building for the climate change also brings with it new aesthetics,” says Angelika Fitz, director of the Architekturzentrum Wien (AzW), summarizing the change currently being observed in building culture. This development is also reflected in the buildings that … Read more
Attention, monument! “Witness of motorization”: Basel government places Gellert Garage under protection The garage building on the St. Alban site was built during the economic boom after the Second World War. Its facade stands out. In addition to the garage, the Basel government has also placed a park and a church under protection. Unique in … Read more
In order to create space, the Mönchsberg, among other things, will be further hollowed out, explains the festival’s commercial director, Lukas Crepaz, to the German Press Agency. There are already venues and facilities on and in this mountain. Such as the Felsenreitschule, which was used as a quarry and for animal shows in past centuries … Read more
City of Zurich Initiative for more floors goes to the people After the proposal to be allowed to build an additional floor anywhere in the city of Zurich was narrowly rejected by the city parliament, enough valid signatures have now been submitted for the corresponding initiative. One more floor everywhere? That would create more living … Read more