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A study recently published in book form uses the city of Schlieren as an example to remind us in photographic form how quickly our cities and suburbs have grown in the past. The images in the book “Stadtwerdung im Zeitraffer” show exemplarily how the Swiss Mittelland developed between 2005 and 2020.

Anyone who has travelled a lot is slowly becoming familiar with all the world’s hotspots, from the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Sydney Opera House to the Louvre in Paris and the Statue of Liberty in New York. That’s why GEO.DE – GEO’s online magazine – has searched for places worth seeing that you probably don’t know yet.

When the economic structure is changing, industrial areas are being repurposed. This development is a reality in Switzerland. Where industrial products were once produced, such as in Uetikon directly at Lake Zurich, or The Valley in Kempttal or the Klybeck area in Basel, new uses are being created in attractive architectural environments. The online magazine archdaily recently used numerous examples from the international arena to show how these conversions are being realised elsewhere.