The Swiss Ambassador's Patriotic Home House Call

The Swiss Ambassador's Patriotic Home
House Call

You saw the outside of the Swiss Ambassador's residence in My Great Outdoors: The Swiss Ambassador's Surreal Space. Now we're showing the interior, with its environmentally friendly and very patriotic decor.

The coffee table is shaped in a cross, echoing the Swiss flag. Pops of red mixed with white, black, and neutrals also represent the Swiss flag. A wall of the reading room shows photographs of famous Swiss people, like the artist Alberto Giacommetti. The residence was designed by architectural firms Rüssli Architekten (Lucern, Switzerland) and Steven Holl Architects (New York), who collaborated to unanimously win a design competition for the Swiss building in 2001.

More on the Swiss Ambassador's DC Residence:
• My Great Outdoors: The Swiss Ambassador's Surreal Space
• Steven Holl's Latest Design Is Business as Unusual; Swiss Ambassador's Residence Is Easy to Admire, Hard to Love from The Washington Post
• Swiss Ambassador’s Residence from Architecture Week
• Sneak Peak: Inside DC Embassies and Ambassadorial Residences

(Images: Rachael Grad)

Comments (9)

the first picture would of been more Swiss if those coffee sectional tables were red and the rug was white/cream color.

posted by LoriSF on August 28th 2009 at 3:29pm
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LoriSF - you are incorrect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Switzerland

posted by Aaron on August 28th 2009 at 3:51pm
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jesus christ.

Either way, I think it the coffee table pic looks great!

posted by dunklekatze on August 28th 2009 at 4:18pm
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Love the clever coffee table wink.

posted by sassifrassi on August 28th 2009 at 4:52pm
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I think we should allow LoriSF to comment on why she thinks her colour combination is more Swiss. I really do hope that she did not actually think that my countries flag is according to her combination. Awesome coffee table!

posted by M*GEBERT on August 29th 2009 at 2:57am
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Probably because she is confusing the emblem of the Red Cross for the flag of Switzerland.

I hope the Swiss Ambassador does a lot of sleeping when he is home, because his place is boring as hell.

If the designer of this space got together with the designer of John Mayer's apartment, they might be able to create a living space so boring that it would rip a hole in space that could destroy the planet.

posted by snv on August 30th 2009 at 10:08am
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goodness I met it would of been a more fun play on the Swiss flag, sorry (less literal) I will try not to multi task while on AT, did not mean to insult anyone.

posted by LoriSF on August 30th 2009 at 12:16pm
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Thanks for the post love Steven Holl.

posted by Bikegirl71 on September 7th 2009 at 4:26pm
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The coffee table is nice, that living room looks huge. I love everything about this room, spacious but still has everything you need for essentials to a living room.

posted by ohiomom87 on September 23rd 2009 at 3:20pm
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