In 2024, the prestigious Wakker Prize will go to the Verein Birsstadt. The association shows that challenges in agglomerations can be better solved through cross-municipal and cross-cantonal cooperation, writes the Schweizer Heimatschutz in its justification for awarding the prize to this cross-cantonal cooperation of ten municipalities.

Raiffeisen Switzerland reported the results of its transaction price index in the fourth quarter of 2023 in a press release. According to the bank, the market for owner-occupied residential property sent out mixed signals. One per cent less was paid for single-family homes than in the previous quarter, while prices for condominiums rose sharply by 1.7 per cent.

The online magazine archdaily recently presented the 25 tallest buildings in the world. The magazine bases its classification on the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) classification system for high-rise buildings. According to this system, the Burj Khalifa (828 metres) is still currently the tallest building in the world.