Since the 1980s the Vitra company has been erecting buildings in collaboration with some of
the leading architects of the present day including Zaha Hadid Frank Gehry Tadao Ando SANAA
Álvaro Siza Nicholas Grimshaw and Herzog & de Meuron. The Vitra Campus currently attracts over
350 000 visitors each year. While the renowned Vitra Design Museum presents alternating
exhibitions the Schaudepot gives visitors an insight into parts of the museum's extensive
collection. In addition during their time on the Campus visitors can take part in a guided
tour of the architecture or a workshop enjoy the view from the Vitra Slide Tower and
afterwards slide down the 37-meter-long slide experience furniture classics and new products
from the Vitra Home Collection in the VitraHaus as well as savour the offers of the shops and
cafés. With roughly 200 illustrations »The Vitra Campus« offers an overview of Vitra
architecture its daily use the evolution of the Campus and the biographies of the architects.
It is ideally suited as a souvenir as preparation for a visit as a Campus guide or simply a
fascinating read on some of the most significant architects of our time and their buildings.
The third edition shows new Campus projects since 2018: »Ring« and »Ruisseau« by designer Ronan
and Erwan Bouroullec and »Blockhaus« by Thomas Schütte.
