Located in Bern’s leafy diplomatic quarter, Brunnadern marks a notable departure from Atelier 5’s pragmatic reimagining of classic Le Corbusier-isms. The four concrete apartment buildings offer an unashamedly baroque take on brutalism. The unusual concrete splendour is a nod to the neighbourhood’s high bourgeois grandeur lurking behind the walls and carefully manicured topiary. Individual layouts, private terraces and separate entrances, some with spiral staircases, do their best to make the apartments look and feel like single-family homes.