International studio (24.1904/1905(1905))

Swiss Architecture


MR. G. FATIO’S CHALET

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man. And what do we see ? Not long ago that
well-known Swiss artist. Mr. Eugene Burnand,
wrote a letter which is included in a book, by
Mr. Guillaume Fatio, en-
titled “Ouvrons les Yeux,”
a book which cannot be
too strongly recommended
to all who are interested
in the past, present, and
future of Swiss architecture.
Mr. Burnand begins his
letter with the significant
sentences : “Notre pays
s’enlaidit avec une rapidite
stupefiante. L’affreuse
batisse envahit la campagne
comme un champignon
veneneux. Et il y a des
gens qui trouvent cela beau
et qui s’en enorgueillissent.”
An excursion through
Switzerland is enough to
convince us of the truth
of this. While old Swiss
castles or fragments of
them still remain gathering
a kind of “pathetic power
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and historical majesty ” from the past, while Swiss
chalets and cottages still stand “in the pine shadow
on their ancestral turf,” and the simple viazot clings


PLAN OF MR. G. FATIO S CHALET

E. FATIO, ARCHITECT