# Morphosis proposes tallest building in Europe -- in the Swiss Alps

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2015-03-27
**Categories:** architect-this-city, architecture, atc, athiscity, building, cities, design, europe, morphosis, swiss-alps, switzerland, tallest-building-in-europe, tower, uncategorized, urbanism, vals
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/morphosis-proposes-tallest-building-in-europe-in-the-swiss-alps

## Content

A controversial design proposal for the tallest building in Europe has been making the rounds online over the past few days. Designed by Morphosis Architects, the 381 meter-tall tower is being proposed in Vals in the Swiss Alps. And pretty much everyone seems to hate it. When I first came across the design, I truthfully had to do a double take to see if it was actually a real proposal. But it seems to be. Everyone is writing about it. Clearly there are some interesting tensions at play here. You have a hyper-urban building typology in a mountain town setting, but with materials that are intended to make it dematerialize into the landscape. So I thought we could have a discussion about it in the comments. Is a small mountain town the right place for the tallest building in Europe? Could it work as a one-off tower? Image: Morphosis Architects via ArchDaily

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