Location:
Charles-Eames-Str. 1

Weil am Rhein

Germany

coordinates: 47.6029205,7.6178384
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Building names(s): Vitrahaus
Architect/Designer: Herzog & de Meuron
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function(s): retail, showroom

As the purpose of the VitraHaus is to display home furnishings, the architects of the VitraHaus, Herzog & de Meuron, took up the idea of the "archetypal house", as the proportions and dimensions of the rooms bring to mind residential space that is familiar to us - the architects use the term "domestic scale". hours: VitraHaus, VitraHaus Café, Vitra Design Museum and Shop Mon-Sun: 10.00-18.00, except Thu: 10.00-20.00 guided architectural tours: approx 2 hours on the Vitra Campus. Daily at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. getting there: From Claraplatz or Badischer Bahnhof Basel, take bus 55 to Vitra. From EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, take bus 50 to the Basel SBB Railway Station, tram 2 to Badischer Bahnhof Basel, bus 55 to Vitra.From the train station in Weil am Rhein, it is about a 15 minute walk to the museum.