Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Monday, February 22, 2010

Highlights of John's trip to Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Lichtenstein 
(only for the architecture geeks)



Renzo Piano's Paul Klee Museum in Bern


Central Bern


Beyeler Foundation by Renzo Piano in Basel




Vitra Haus by Herzog and deMeuron, Weil am Rhein





Zaha Hadid's Vitra Fire Station (now part of the museum), Weil am Rhein

Tadao Ando's Vitra Conference Center, Weil am Rhein






































St. Gallen



































corridor at St. Gall Abbey complex, St. Gallen


















Emergency Call Center, Santiago Calatrava, St. Gallen

















Raiffeisenbank Building, Clerici Müller, St. Gallen

















InFront Sports and Media offices, Lustenau

















Housing in Hard, near Bregenz

















Kunsthaus Bregenz, Peter Zumthor, Bregenz



































IBM Building, Bregenz


















Festspielhaus, Helmut Dietrich and Much Untertrifaller, Bregenz
































Housing Development Sandgrubenweg, Horburger, Kuess, Ritsch and Schweitzer, Bregenz


















Rohner Port Building, Baumschlager and Eberle, Fussach






























Nordwesthaus, Baumschlager and Eberle, Fussach






























Nordwesthaus, Baumschlager and Eberle, Fussach

















Housing Development Fichtenweg, Hans Hohenfellner Architect, Bartholomaberg-Gantschier

















house in Bartholomaberg-Gantschier

























Community Center, Hermann Kaufmann, Ludesch



























Community Center, Hermann Kaufmann, Ludesch

















office building near Ludesch

















house in Vaduz

















Inatura, Hermann Kaufmann, Dornbirn

















System 3, Oskar Leo Kaufmann and Albert Ruf, Dornbirn


































Olzbundt Housing, Hermann Kaufmann, Dornbirn


















office building, Dornbirn

































office building, Dornbirn





































Thermal Baths, Peter Zumthos, Vals


















house in Vals