What does GR stand for?

Grounded in Graubunden Born in Basel in 1943, the son of a cabinet-maker, Peter Zumthor served a four-year apprenticeship to a carpenter before entering the Basel Kunstgewerbeschule, followed by further study at Pratt Institute in New York.

In 1979, after working as a building and planning consultant for the eastern Swiss state of Graubunden, he established his practice in the small Swiss town of Haldenstein, where he works with a modest staff of 20 people.

Byline: shiv03 Italian construction firm Impregilo, through its Swiss subsidiary CSC Impresa Costruzioni SA, has been awarded a contract to build a road tunnel in Roveredo, in the Swiss canton of Graubunden.

However, from another point of view, all of the above are very good reasons to choose a quieter spot in the Engadine valley in Switzerland's Graubunden canton.

html) Anti-Competitive Practices Driving Schools On January 6, 2003, the FCC charged the members of the Association of Driving Instructors of the Canton Graubunden and Liechtenstein with breaching the Competition Act in that - although the Association had not recommended official tariffs since 1998 - they had continued to apply the old recommended prices.

Set against a backdrop of thick pine forest, the hotel's three-storey chequerboard front of wood panels and glass reflects the snow-covered peaks of the eastern Swiss region of Graubunden, where the towns of Laax, Flims and Falera make up what the locals call the Alpenarena.

Also in Graubunden, you will find many old castles, where the patrizians lived and governed.

1598: Graubunden, Switzerland, avalanche, 100 deaths.