To promote the discourse on local building culture in Switzerland, the publisher, the Architecture Forum Eastern Switzerland, has initiated a series of articles that initially appeared in the regional daily press and are now compiled in this publication, supplemented by overarching essays that delve into topics such as regional construction and building in the Alps. The publication presents noteworthy buildings, landscape and urban planning projects realized in the cantons of Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen, both Appenzell, Glarus, Graubünden, as well as in the Principality of Liechtenstein: for example, the Trutg dil Flem in Flims, the Chantun Sur development in Pontresina, the cantonal hospital in St. Gallen, or the new summit building on the Chäserrugg. The publication examines their architectural cultural significance, focusing on the importance of each individual project for society.