Monograph explores a vibrant quarter-century of architecture in Vaud

École de la construction et bâtiment administratif in Tolochenaz. ©as - In a new monograph, Bruno Marchand and Pauline Schroeter document 25 years of architecture in the Canton of Vaud, from 1975 to 2000. A wine-grower's hut, a transformer substation, a 250-unit housing estate, a high-school, a wood-fired boiler room, an arsenal, a church and a prison. Dozens of building renovations, transformations, refurbishments and redevelopments - not to mention new town squares, roads, lakefronts, footbridges, stairways and elevators. And finally, the expansion of three major universities: University of Lausanne (UNIL), EPFL and Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV). This in a nutshell is what's covered in a new book by architects Bruno Marchand, professor emeritus at EPFL, and Pauline Schroeter, an EPFL scientist. Across nearly 500 pages, illustrated with both black-and-white and color photos, the authors present a quarter-century's worth of architectural gems in the Canton of Vaud.