In 2006, Anne Marie Wagner and Cedric Bachelard, with their Francophone and Western Swiss roots, founded their office in Basel. Since then, they have produced extremely high-quality buildings and residential developments. The new Mattenhof housing estate in Zurich-Schwamendingen is a particularly impressive example, its basic form consisting of an enormous meandering progression that creates elongated inner courtyards. Text in English and German. 90 colour, 64 b/w illustrations