Whether it's the Federal Palace, administrative buildings, or the Swiss Embassy - the Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics constructs, maintains, and manages around 2,600 civil properties of the Confederation. In recent years, exciting renovations and new constructions have emerged. This book documents them through texts, architectural photos, and plans, and explores in essays how the federal government builds. The richly illustrated showcase highlights the development of the architecture of federal buildings from the founding of the state in 1848 to the present, in the context of evolving state responsibilities.