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Zurich University of the Arts and and Museum für Gestaltung Zürich

Zürich
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The main building of the Museum of Design is one of the most outstanding examples of Swiss architectural modernism and is now the leading Swiss museum for design and visual communication. It is the first public building in Zurich to be built according to the ideas and creed of ‘Neues Bauen’.

Audio clips

POI 1 Design Museum - Introduction

POI 2 The Museum’s architectural competition (1926-1930)

POI 3 The function of the Museum of Arts and Crafts

POI 4 The building’s interior dynamics

POI 5 Architectural metamorphoses