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In Zurich – a Serious Work of Art to Live in

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There is something very Swiss about this gloriously clean-cut invention for living in – and on – that enhances the pristine lake view.

Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann makes a way to walk around in the sky overlooking the lake in Zurich.

Despite being executed with these no-nonsense techniques, the house is envisioned as art for living in.

Notice how the stairs insert three steps separately. These are movable blocks.

Crisp finishes throughout, like the combination of glass and travertine, create a serious finish for a non serious sensibility.

A very Swiss sense of the comfort of orderliness pervades the house.

On the living floor, the entire wall opens to Switzerland’s clean mountain air.

How you would give in to the stupefying horizontality of this view, sinking in to these low slung armchairs.

On the top floor, which is given over to the parents, even the master bedroom experiences the fresh air and the big blue skies with a wide open space.

The wide open bathroom would make you feel that you were brushing your teeth in the actual sky.

But the lush clean-cut bathroom sinks are executed as matter-of-fact-ly as if there is nothing unusual about such an arrangement.

Altogether – this is a professional structure for experiencing the good life: the clean air and the wide blue skies in Zurich.