Vitra Campus
An 'architecture museum' in a small German border town, where works by Gehry, Zaha, Ando, Herzog & de Meuron and others come together.
The Vitra Campus is located in Weil am Rhein, Germany, right on the border with Basel. After a fire at its factory in 1981, the furniture company Vitra invited world-class architects to design new buildings one by one. These include the Vitra Design Museum by Frank Gehry, the fire station, the first completed work of Zaha Hadid, the conference pavilion by Tadao Ando, the Vitra Haus by Herzog & de Meuron, and the observation slide tower by Carsten Holler. The Design Museum charges admission, and architectural tours cost extra. From Claraplatz in Basel, take bus No. 55 for about 20 minutes. Passports must be carried.
Opening hours
Daily 10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Three Countries Bridge
- Three Countries Corner
- Fondation Beyeler
- Art Basel & Messeplatz
- Museum Tinguely
- Rhine Swimming & Kleinbasel Riverbank
- Basel Paper Mill & St. Alban-Tal
- Middle Bridge