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TROPICAL ZURICH

URICH-BASED ART GALLERY Damian Grieder and his wife Melanie Grieder-Swarovski commissioned the services of Swiss architects Andreas Fuhrimann and Gabrielle Hächler on two occasions, a good 10 years apart. In 2006, the team converted the couple’s private residence in Zurich and, now, they have enlarged it considerably. The living space in the building has almost doubled during the course of an expansion to incorporate art studio and exhibition areas, and now amounts to around 700m.

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