Sunday 27 June 2010

Vitra Campus


Whenever you are around Basel don't forget to visit the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein.
Here some impressions from the new Vitra house (by Herzog& de Meuron) and from the architecture tour : Firehouse by Zaha Hadid (her first building realized, but with no straight walls - everybody got sick in the building :), the Jean Prouvé gasstation, the Frank Gehry Vitra Design Museum & production hall, the Richard Buckminster Fuller Dome,  other production halls by Nicholas Grimshaw and Alvaro Siza. My prefered architect is Tadao Ando and I love the simplicity of his conference building (where you can rent rooms for your private meetings). So enough name dropping, have a look yourself and whenever you are around - go there and buy some souvenirs (even if you might prefer the vintage chairs, you will find something in the Vitra store, and if it is just a good book :).

Art Basel 2010

Here you get some impressions from Art Basel 41. This time my favorite was Shinichi Maruyamas black and white pictures. Have a look and some more ideas. Art Basel is always worth a travel and see you all again in Miami :)