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starting in the 1950s, various manufacturing facilities
were built on the Vitra site, most of which were destroyed
in a fire in 1981. since then, a heterogeneous ensemble
of contemporary architecture has emerged to form
today’s Vitra Campus. The architecture critic Philip
Johnson once wrote: “Ever since the Weissenhofsiedlung
was established in stuttgart in 1927, nowhere else in
the world has seen the erection of so many structures
from such prominent architects in the Western
Hemisphere.” And, indeed, what came about was
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Fire station, Zaha Hadid
VitraHaus, Herzog & de Meuron
Vitra Design Museum, Frank O. gehry
Factory building, nicholas grimshaw
Factory building, Álvaro siza
Conference Pavilion, Tadao Ando
a collection of purpose-built constructions, the
incredible density and quality of which have made the
Vitra Campus an attraction for fans of architecture from
all over the world. Buildings by Tadao Ando, Richard
Buckminster Fuller, Frank O. gehry, nicholas grimshaw,
Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Jean Prouvé, sAnAA
and Álvaro siza attract thousands of visitors every
year and can be experienced on architectural tours.
www.vitra.com/campus
