Category: architecture

  • Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein

    Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein

    Last year, IT and I went to visit the Vitra Campus – located just across the Swiss-German border in Weil am Rhein. Much of what is written below came from their web site which is very informative. They also have a great drone video of the campus here. The Vitra Campus comprises a public and a…

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  • Inside the Guggenheim Bilbao

    This blog posts will cover what we saw inside the Guggenheim museum Bilbao. An earlier post talked about the outside, click here to read. Here is another view of the Simpson-ish model of the building. Let’s take a look around inside. There is a normal-looking, rather warm and cozy, education center. A cafe with a giant…

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  • The Incomparable Guggenheim Bilbao

    While visiting Donostia-San Sebastián, we took a day-trip to see the incomparable Guggenheim museum in nearby Bilbao. The express bus route between the two cities is well-run, frequent and comfortable. Much of what we have written below came from the official web site. A model of the building in the museum When the Guggenheim Museum…

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  • Exploring Libelle mit H&B, Buchantiquariat, Basel

    Exploring Libelle mit H&B, Buchantiquariat, Basel

    Continuing with our posts on the bookstores we come across …, Libelle mit H&B is a high-end, well-curated second hand bookstore (antique bookseller) in the old town of Basel, Switzerland. Click here to see their website in English. It has a perfect location – Alstadt, a block from the city’s main thoroughfare –  and situated at…

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