Swiss Designers of Spas, Tate Modern Follow Le Corbusier
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Forget cheese and chocolate. Switzerland’s latest successful export is architects.
The Swiss have proven that architectural prowess needs no translation, with Jacques Herzog and Pierre De Meuron creating the “Bird’s Nest” for the Beijing Olympics and converting a London power plant into the Tate Modern Museum. Bernard Tschumi designed the New Acropolis Museum in Athens and Mario Botta crafted San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art.