A privacy screen made from reclaimed timber blends in beautifully. The wood is untreated, but can also be oiled or stained with pigments—in other words, coloured.

The willow dome is growing into a natural screen, creating a cosy spot to enjoy time around an open fire on the natural stone seating wall.

The horizontally woven willow fence provides privacy and also serves as a fall barrier here.

The WegelinOfen works in all weather, even when it snows.

The pizza is ready after 2 minutes in the WegelinOfen.

I baked tarte flambée in the WegelinOfen for 12 hours straight. The temperature stayed consistently high, without having to turn the baking surface even once.

The timber deck is edged with Corten steel, and LED spotlights illuminate the winding path of shell limestone slabs at night.

The Corten steel water basin, with river stones from the Verzasca, has built-in LED spotlights that illuminate the water and create an atmospheric effect. 

A Japanese maple in a handmade ceramic pot by Atelier Vierkant.

Terracing with dry-stone walls made from reclaimed shell limestone from the old prison wall in Lenzburg.

A natural stone staircase made of Mägenwil shell limestone, laid in gravel and sand.

Blossom impression: almond blossom.

An old wall along the Gotthard railway line (GB) had collapsed. The brief was to bring nothing in and take nothing away. The result is this beautiful dry-stone wall.

Dry stone wall built with Gotthard railway stones.

Hellebore in bloom.

Half an arena built from Rorschach sandstone, with gravelly sand for a ruderal planting scheme.

Wild plum blossom impression.

Trass lime wall retaining wall with various gravel and sand grades.

Trass limestone wall with purpose-built planting niches.

Small terraces create different levels for planting and relaxing, with dry-stone walls made from Jura limestone.

A maidenhair spleenwort grows in this dry stone wall made from Jura limestone.

Witch hazel blossom.

This is where a Tadelakt floor in a greenish grey shade was created in a private kitchen.

A vivid red Tadelakt wall in a kitchen. 

A dark grey Tadelakt wall in a bathroom.

Yellow-beige Tadelakt walls in a shower.

In Malans, in the Bündner Herrschaft, walls are part of the local landscape. The municipality invested in restoring this vineyard wall, as dry stone walls are considered worthy of protection.

Perennials and grasses, ready to be planted in the gravelly sand area.

Stoneworking in progress.

Seedhead impression.

A rammed-earth feature at the trade fair stand at Giardina, with recessed ethanol fire niches.

The retaining wall was extended to create a raised seating area with a rounded gravel surface.

Raised seating area with a custom-made Corten steel fire pit and swing grill.

Overhead view of the custom-made Corten steel fire pit and swing grill.

Fire pit in use for roasting chestnuts.

A seating wall made from Jura limestone, with a custom-made capstone.

A pergola in the Ticino style, with gneiss pillars and round acacia timber.

The client planted and landscaped half of the arena, built from Rorschach sandstone.

Impression: planting on a dry-stone wall.

An apartment building was completely plastered with white clay.

Red clay wall.

Impression of green earthen wall.

Flowering plants.

Beige clay wall impression.

Clay wall — impression, made with local clay and a horizontal texture.

Grey clay wall impression.

Blue clay wall — impression.

A freshly plastered blue clay wall, which will lighten as it dries.

Clay terrazzo installation impression.

Clay terrazzo floor impression.

The restoration of the clay pond is complete; now all that’s missing is the water.

Wood anemone blossom impression.

Final finishing work on the lime terrazzo floor.

Limestone terrazzo floor detail.

The clay pond before restoration.

The clay pond after renovation.

Hydrangea in bloom.

Clay light bowls for tealights on a kitchen wall, creating a warm ambience.

A new clay pond was created with large shell limestone block steps.

A herb spiral built with Verzasca river stones.

Soapwort in bloom.

A herb spiral built with Jura limestone.

Hügelbeet inspired by Sepp Holzer, a pioneer of permaculture.

Two custom-sized raised beds made from rough-sawn larch.

A curved wooden deck with LED path lighting.

Blossom impression: snowdrop.

A three-section raised bed made from oiled Corten steel. Since the planters are separate, you can rearrange them whenever you like.

An elliptical raised bed built with Jura limestone.

Houseleek on a dry-stone wall.

Garden pond with river stones from the Verzasca.

A natural stone staircase with a handrail and integrated LEDs for subtle lighting.

A garden seating area edged with Rorschach sandstone, with roughly half the stonework built as a retaining and seating wall.

Tarte flambée event.

Blossom detail.

Grasses among the trunks of serviceberry trees.

Here’s the finished tarte flambée, after 2–3 minutes of baking.

Bamboo arrangement in corten steel planters.

The rammed-earth pavilion with a Corten steel niche and sun jars.

Rammed earth pavilion alcove in Corten steel.

The rammed-earth pavilion taking shape.

The rammed-earth pavilion’s weather-protection glazing prevents erosion on the exposed side.

Terrace design with built-in planters made from Ticino gneiss.

Terrace design with large serviceberry trees.

Terrace design