It is inte­res­t­ing to see how the buil­dings pre­sen­ted in this coll­ec­tion reflect the time they whe­re built in, the cor­po­ra­te gover­nan­ce struc­tu­re and com­mon­ly shared values of socie­ties and citi­zens. Fur­ther, the nuan­ced dif­fe­ren­ces of natio­nal ide­als are strikin­gly obvious almost ever­y­whe­re. For exam­p­le, the Ger­man Bun­des­bank is built in a ‘bru­tal style: an honest archi­tec­tu­re.’ It seems impos­si­ble to ima­gi­ne how Ger­man values could be bet­ter reflec­ted. Of cour­se the­se state­ments only go so far befo­re they beco­me their own cli­ché. But as we all know, cli­chés come from some­whe­re – the­re may be a grain of truth. ‘Craft­sman­ship and pre­cis­i­on (as expres­sed in the buil­ding of the Swiss Natio­nal Bank) embo­dy the core facets of Swiss natio­nal identity.’Isn’t that what we all would con­sider ‘Swiss’?

Quel­le /​ Link: Archi­tec­tu­re & Finance