The Vitra Campus

Architecture Design Industry (3rd edition)

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An updated edition of the classic guide to the Vitra Design Museum’s pioneering architecture

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ISBN: 9783945852361 Category:

Mateo Kries, Johanna Thieme, Henrike Büscher, Louisa Sawatzki

Description

Since the 1980s, Vitra has enlisted some of the world’s leading architects to design buildings for its campus, including Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, SANAA, Álvaro Siza, Nicholas Grimshaw and Herzog & de Meuron. This has resulted in a unique architectural ensemble that attracts 350,000 visitors each year, about which Philip Johnson wrote: “Since the Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart in 1927, there has not been a gathering in a single place of a group of buildings designed by the most distinguished architects in the Western world.”

While the renowned Vitra Design Museum presents alternating exhibitions, the Schaudepot gives visitors an insight into parts of the museum’s extensive collection. In addition, during their time on the Campus, visitors can take part in a guided tour of the architecture or a workshop, enjoy the view from the Vitra Slide Tower and afterwards slide down the 37-meter-long slide, experience furniture classics and new products from the Vitra Home Collection in the VitraHaus as well as savour the offers of the shops and cafés.

Originally published in 2014, this revised flexibound edition of The Vitra Campus offers an overview of Vitra architecture, its daily use, the development of the Campus and biographies of the contributing architects. An ideal souvenir and campus guide, The Vitra Campus is also a fascinating read about some of the most significant architects and buildings of our time.

Additional information

Weight 594 g
Dimensions 23.9 x 24.3 cm
Publisher name Vitra Design Museum GmbH
Publication date 15 October 2020
Number of pages 216
Format Paperback / softback
Dimensions 23.9 x 24.3 cm
Weight 594 g

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