Residential Building with Store (1911)

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

Built in 1911 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, this residential and commercial building exemplifies the Heimatstil architectural style, a movement that drew on regional and vernacular traditions. The structure combines practical ground-floor commercial space with residential apartments above, a common configuration in early twentieth-century Swiss urban design. Today recognized as a Swiss cultural property of cantonal or local significance, the building stands as a modest but representative example of how commercial and domestic functions were integrated into the streetscapes of Swiss towns during the early modern period.