Vitra Fire Station
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The Vitra Fire Station is a concrete and steel building of 852 m2 located at the Vitra Furniture factory in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Completed in 1993, it was the first constructed project by Iraqi arc
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Vitra company fire station by Zaha Hadid, Weil am Rhein, Germany.
Sharply angled planar surfaces are reminiscent of a bird in flight.
A view of the art gallery space behind the window. The reflection of other buildings in the Vitra Fire Station give a small sense of the other Vitra campus buildings.
Vitra Design Museum
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The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany, near Basel, Switzerland. The museum building is by Frank Gehry.
Vitra Fire Station
…purpose of a fire station. A few years later, the corporation disbanded its fire brigade and used the building for events and for exhibitions held by the Vitra Design Museum, which was designed by fellow deconstructivism proponent Frank Gehry…
The Vitra Design Museum building by Frank O. Gehry, side view
Eero Saarinen's Tulip Chair, one of the pieces represented in the permanent collection.
Cabriolet Bed, from an exposition of works by Joe Cesare Colombo.