Studio: international art (33.1905)

Swiss Architecture





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mr. g. fatio's chalet e. fatio, architect

man. And what do we see ? Not long ago that and historical majesty" from the past, while Swiss
well-known Swiss artist, Mr. Eugene Burnand, chalets and cottages still stand "in the pine shadow
wrote a letter which is included in a book, by on their ancestral turf," and the simple mazotclings
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. | ..........4--—~t~ j

letter with the significant . . .'

sentences : "Notre pays .1 • v|* K '.F I

s'enlaidit avec une rapidity T~ • - '^T *,

stupefiante. L'affreuse i r • :

batisse envahit la campagne , ^| T;

comme un champignon / ____ , n—y'

veneneux. Et il y a des

gens qui trouvent cela beau - 'Ji

et qui s'en enorgueillissent." . . ;.| .......\j, „. «J| ||

An excursion through
Switzerland is enough to

convince us of the truth ." >L ■ M'JL'-

of this. While old Swiss
castles or fragments of
them still remain gathering

a kind of "pathetic power plan of mk. g. fatio's chalet e. fatio, architect

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