The Vitra Campus Features Beautiful Buildings Designed by Top Architects

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Balancing Tools (1984), a sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

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Vitra Design Museum (1989) by Frank Gehry.

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A stairway at Ando’s Conference Pavilion.

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Detail of a wall and walkway at Tadao Ando’s Conference Pavilion (1993).

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Jean Prouvé Petrol Station (1953), installed on the Vitra Campus in 2003.

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Airstream Kiosk (1968), restored and installed on the Vitra Campus in 2011.

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Álvaro Siza Factory Building (1994) with adjustable bridge.

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Detail of Siza bridge.

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Factory Building (1981/86) by Nicholas Grimshaw.

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Built-in bench at Herzog & de Meuron’s VitraHaus (2010).

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Looking up at VitraHaus.

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Outdoor seating area at VitraHaus.

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Internal stairway at VitraHaus.

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Dome created in 1975 at Charter Industries, in collaboration with Thomas C. Howard, using construction principles patented by Buckminster Fuller in 1954. Erected at Vitra in 2000.

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Interior view of Dome.

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Fire Station (1993) by Zaha Hadid.

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Roof terrace of Hadid Fire Station.

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Interior of Hadid Fire Station.