Showing posts with label Thomas C. Howard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas C. Howard. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 May 2012
The Vitra Dome
In 2000, the Buckminster Fuller patented, Thomas C. Howard designed dome was transferred to the campus of Vitra Design in Weil am Rhein, Germany. A lightweight structure with a membrane cover, this Charter-Sphere dome was previously erected in Detroit in 1954.
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Vitra
Another architecture day...
The campus of Vitra Design just outside Basel in Weil am Rhein Germany has probably the highest concentration of contemporary star architecture in the world. There is so much here to see. I joined a tour of the campus in order to see all the buildings in close range. I was there for six hours and still reluctant to leave ...
Getting the most of the best to the greatest number of people for the least. - Charles Eames
Frank Gehry's 1989 Vitra Design Museum:
There are also buildings by Alvaro Siza, Nicholas Grimshaw and SANAA (construction in progress) but they are not open to the public.
The campus of Vitra Design just outside Basel in Weil am Rhein Germany has probably the highest concentration of contemporary star architecture in the world. There is so much here to see. I joined a tour of the campus in order to see all the buildings in close range. I was there for six hours and still reluctant to leave ...
Getting the most of the best to the greatest number of people for the least. - Charles Eames
Frank Gehry's 1989 Vitra Design Museum:
Zaha Hadid's 1993 Fire Station:
Tadao Ando's 1993 Conference Pavilion:
Richard Buckminster Fuller patented, Thomas C. Howard designed Dome, 2000:
Herzog & de Meuron's 2010 VitraHaus:
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