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  2. Economic history of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Gotthard line in 1882 Development of real GDP per capita, 1851 to 2018. Switzerland as a federal state was established in 1848. Before that time, the city-cantons of Zürich, Geneva, and Basel in particular began to develop economically based on industry and trade, while the rural regions of Switzerland remained poor and underdeveloped.

  3. List of most expensive buildings - Wikipedia

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    Jewel Changi Airport (mixed-use building) Singapore Singapore: Moshe Safdie: Changi Airport Group 2019 1.26 [47] 1.42 Comcast Technology Center: Philadelphia United States: Foster and Partners: Comcast: 2018 1.5 [48] 1.62 Merdeka 118: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia: Fender Katsalidis in association with RSP KL PNB Merdeka Ventures Sdn Bhd: 2023 1.21

  4. Federal Palace of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The handover of the parliament building took place on the morning of 1 April 1902 in an official ceremony. The construction costs for the parliament building amounted to 7.2 million francs (about 700 million in today's terms). Of this, 16.2% was spent on artistic decoration. [34]

  5. Schwandbach Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Construction start: 1933-08: Construction end: 1933-11: Construction cost: 47,298 CHF: ... Maillart reached a climax in his building of deck-stiffened arch bridge."

  6. Economy of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Gotthard line in 1882 Development of real GDP per capita, 1851 to 2018. Switzerland as a federal state was established in 1848. Before that time, the city-cantons of Zürich, Geneva, and Basel in particular began to develop economically based on industry and trade, while the rural regions of Switzerland remained poor and underdeveloped.

  7. Architecture of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Despite the different building materials, multi-story byre-dwellings developed in north-eastern and eastern Switzerland around the same time as they did in the west. In the 16th century restrictions on building and the rise of the home textile industry (the Putting-out system ) led to the creation of the Flarz , a complex of smaller apartments ...

  8. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    Roman building ingenuity extended over bridges, aqueducts, and covered amphitheatres. Their sewerage and water-supply works were remarkable and some systems are still in operation today. The only aspect of Roman construction for which very little evidence survives is the form of timber roof structures, none of which seem to have survived intact.

  9. Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Switzerland, [d] officially the Swiss Confederation, [e] is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [f] [13] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.