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[simon-martin]

VITRA: day 1 of my architecture mini-break was spent over the border in Germany at the @vitradesignmuseum in Weil-am-Rhein. It is a campus of buildings by internationally famous architects, which I had wanted to visit for years since seeing several of the pavilions in books. In order of appearance here: Piet Oudolf’s 2020 garden softening the hard-edges of Hertzog & de Meuron’s multifaceted 2003 VitraHaus (with a geodesic dome by Buckminster Fuller alongside); Frank Gehry’s 1989 Vitra Design Museum; Nicholas Grimshaw’s 1983 Factory Building; Álvaro Siza’s 2014 Promenade; Thomas Schütte’s 2018 Blockhaus; Zaha Hadid’s 1993 Fire Station (and interior and sideview); and finally Tadao Ando’s 1993 Conference Pavilion. It was unbelievably hot, so I wondered around with an umbrella for shade: difficult light to photograph in. It’s an extraordinary place, and there was a fascinating exhibition about plastic - no really - from Bakelite and cellulose to eco-products seeking to replace and recycle. #vitradesignmuseum #vitrafactory #architecture #design #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #weilamrhein @herzogdemeuron @pietoudolf @zahahadidarchitects @tadao_ando_architecture @frankgehry_official #design #zahahadid #contemporaryarchitecture #nicholasgrimshawarchitects #gardendesign #pietodulf (at VitraHaus) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfE2ZMIMC4Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=