Building in Switzerland is regulated in detail in federal laws as well as in the laws and ordinances of the Cantons.
This site gives you an overall view of Swiss Construction Law and Swiss Planning Law:
» Terminology: Land Use Planning, Regional and Urban Planning, Building Law
» Differentiation: Planning Law -Building Law
» Land Use Planning: national, cantonal, regional and local; Expropriation
» Building Law in a narrower sense
