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As part of the the Kunsttage Basel event in late August, Nicolas Krupp Gallery invited Swiss visual artist Eric Hatten to play around with the materials in the gallery's new exhibition space currently under construction. VernissageTV walked through the exhibition in one of its latest videos.
Herzog & de Meuron has restored and extended the Musiksaal that is home to the Basel Symphony Orchestra. The extension was done "in the same neo-Baroque architectural tradition" of the 19th-century original designed by Johann Jakob Stehlin.
On Thursday Swiss architect Peter Zumthor presented his design for the extension to the Renzo Piano-designed Fondation Beyeler in Riehen/Basel. The extension is sited in the adjoining Iselin-Weber Park, which Fondation Beyeler recently acquired.
SHELTER is a temporary installation designed by BUREAU A for the annual meeting of the Swiss Architectural Association (BSA/FAS). Inspired by the shape of underground shelters, the inflatable structure is a small club with a bar and a dancefloor. The structure and the furniture is entirely made...
Riehen/Basel's Fondation Beyeler has announced that Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner has been commissioned to design the extension to the successful museum that Renzo Piano Building Workshop completed in 1997.
The much anticipated extension of the Kunstmuseum Basel opened to the public in April. Architects Emanuel Christ and Chrisoph Gantenbein have crafted a building that interprets the classical elements of architecture found in the museum's main building. A dynamic Light Frieze across the facade...
As part of Art Basel (16-19 June), Swiss artist Zimoun has installed hundreds of paper bags and DC motors inside an elevated shipping container. A small opening in the base of the container allows one visitor at a time to immerse themselves in the sound of the slowly moving bags.
Zürich's EM2N has won first prize in the competition for the New Museum of Natural History and State Archives in Basel with their "Zasamane" entry.