Urban development highlight: AZ Medienhaus opened
The six-story residential and commercial building at the domicile of the former "Aargauer Tagblatt" was realized by the Baden architects Burkard, Meyer. The client is Peter Wanner, publisher and delegate of the AZ Medien Group.
Aargau's cantonal capital: On Bahnhofstrasse in Aarau on
Friday, the AZ Medienhaus was officially opened. In the
exceptional new building, a total of
35 million francs invested.
(pr) Three years after the building application and
One and a half years after the foundation stone was laid, AZ Medienhaus is
has been opened. The six-story residential and commercial building on the
Domicile of the former "Aargauer Tagblatt" has been
Architects Burkard, Meyer realized. The client is Peter Wanner,
Publisher and Delegate of the AZ Medien Group.
The AZ Medien Group uses half of the building itself. Thus the
Radio Argovia, the Meissner bookstore, the AZ store and the
regional editorial office of the Aargauer Zeitung. Among the third-party tenants
includes, among others, the Swiss Federal Health Insurance Fund EGK and, as of
In mid-December, also the Hirslanden Medical Training Center. At
top floor are comfortable city apartments.
An additional attraction is the new restaurant EINSTEIN in the
first floor of the AZ Medienhaus. The name "EINSTEIN" is a tribute to
the Nobel Prize winner and former Aarau cantonal schoolboy Albert
Einstein. The interior design of the restaurant is the work of
Master of hotel and gastronomy architecture, Pia Schmid, responsible.
According to Peter Wanner, the name "AZ Medienhaus" is intended to be a program: "At the
Aarau's Bahnhofstrasse, a house has been built to house media.
This house is at the same time a medium itself - a place of encounter,
of communication and conviviality. It offers a stimulating
Atmosphere in an Aesthetic Environment."
