Vitra Center - Frank Gehry - Birsfelden, BL, Switzerland
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N 47° 32.658 E 007° 37.864
32T E 396988 N 5266561
The Headquarter of Swiss designer furniture manufacturer Vitra.
Waymark Code: WMA4PW
Location: Basel Landschaft, Switzerland
Date Posted: 11/16/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 9

The Vitra Center was built in 1994 as the new headquarter of the designer furniture manufacturer Vitra (founded 1950 in Weil, Germany). The former headquarter in Weil that is still the production area also features buildings of Frank Gehry (his first ones in Europe, 1989) as well as Álvaro Siza, Nicholas Grimshaw, Zaha Hadid, Buckminster Fuller and Jean Prouvé.
Architect: Frank Gehry

Building name: Vitra Center

Year built: 1994

Building's primary use: Commercial

City: Birsfelden

Country: Switzerland

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