«Omnia» is Latin, meaning everything or all-embracing. The Zermatt hotel, which opened lately, aims to make its guests feel as comfortable as they would at home. The small but very refined house offers an exclusive interior decor, a fabulous view of the Matterhorn and a comprehensive range of wellness services.

In Renens, an industrial suburb of the Swiss city of Lausanne, architect Bernard Tschumi has transformed a former stocking factory into a design academy. The new Ecole contonal d’art de Lausanne (ECAL), under the direction of Pierre Keller, is now a 14,000-square-meter (151,000-square-foot) high-tech learning workshop.