Vitra’s campus is situated in the small town of Weil am Rhein in Germany bordering Switzerland and France. The campus is a mecca for all design geeks, drawing professionals and enthusiast alike. Nowhere in the world is there such a large concentration of celebrated architects all in one location. The grounds inhabit buildings and structures designed by Tadao Ando, Buckminster Fuller, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Jasper Morrison, Jean Prouve, SANNA, and Herzog & de Meuron. Five of the eleven architects have been awarded the Pritzker prize, architecture’s most prestigious award. As impressive as this collection of buildings are, it is even more stunning to realize that all of this began in 1981 after a fire devastated the campus. CEO, Rolf Feldbaum used this disaster as a turning point to rebuild. The latest in the succession of development is VitraHaus designed by Herzog & de Meuron. The building uses familiar elements such as the pitched roofs but mixes it in an unconventional way by randomly stacking the elongated structures on top of one another. The museum will house Vitra’s home collection and is expected to open in March according to a recent post on their website.









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