Mountains of Gold is a book that traces the pathways and places used by Swiss banks to trade, transport and hoard gold.
From a mountain vault inside the Gotthard to the grand hotels of the Bernese Oberland, from the mines of South Africa to a fondue restaurant in London, Ludo Groen (Assistant Professor in the Complex Projects group at the Department of Architecture at TU Delft) unravels the concerted efforts of bankers, military officers, politicians, and architects to fortify Switzerland as a financial centre. The lucrative market they built is studded with material infrastructures which, throughout the book, serve as evidence of a history whose records have remained inaccessible and contentious until now.
gta Verlag, 220pp, 17cm x 25cm, illustrated paperback, 2026
