Where is the Vitra Museum?
Where is the Vitra Museum?
Weil am Rhein, Germany
The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
Who designed Vitra Museum?
Frank GehryVitra Design Museum / ArchitectFrank Owen Gehry, CC, FAIA is a Canadian-born American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become world-renowned attractions. Wikipedia
Why was the Vitra Design Museum built?
It is dedicated to the research and presentation of design, past and present, and examines design’s relationship to architecture, art and everyday culture.
Where is the Vitra campus?
Weil am Rhein
Weil am Rhein, Germany. The Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein near Basel is a unique ensemble of contemporary architecture.
When was Vitra museum built?
November 3, 1989Vitra Design Museum / Opened
What is Vitra Design Museum made of?
Despite its modest scale, the museum building emerged as a programmatic work of deconstructivism. Being influenced by the usual style of Frank Gehry, the deconstructive sculptural building differs only slightly than his usual designs. He limited his materials to white plaster and a titanium-zinc alloy.
When was the Vitra Design Museum?
The Vitra Design Museum Gallery opened in 2011, followed by Herzog & de Meuron’s Vitra Schaudepot in 2016.
Is Zaha Hadid a deconstructivism?
Zaha Hadid was an architect known for her radical deconstructivist designs. She was the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004. Her buildings included the Heydar Aliyev Centre Baku, Azerbaijan, and the MAXXI museum of contemporary art and architecture in Rome.
How long did deconstructivism last?
Deconstructivism (c. 1985-2010) Postmodernist Architecture. For a brief guide to the evolution of architectural design, from Antiquity to Deconstructivism, see: History of Architecture (3,000 BCE – present).
