Archinect - News 2024-12-22T08:09:37-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/48898537/swiss-clockwork-embassy-in-yaound-cameroon Swiss Clockwork Embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon Alexander Walter 2012-05-18T12:52:00-04:00 >2012-05-20T23:38:55-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d1/d1gqdvenwihc4t0g.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>London/Paris-based practice Matteo Cainer Architects Ltd has sent us its competition entry for the new Swiss embassy building in Yaound&eacute;, the capital city of Cameroon, West Africa. The design is a play on the precision of Swiss clockwork mechanism and traditional Cameroon Musgum housing.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>