The opening of celebrated British
architect David Chipperfield's extension building of Kunsthaus Zürich in
the fall of 2021 will make this renowned institution Switzerland's
largest art museum. In the run-up to this milestone in the museum's
development, this new book looks back at its architectural history. It
tells a lively story that starts in 1847 with the Zurich Artists'
Society's initial gallery building and had its first culmination in
1910, when distinguished Swiss architect Karl Moser's Kunsthaus was
opened. Over the past century, three major additions were carried out in
1925, 1959, and 1976, and many attempts for a visionary large-scale
extension were made. Illustrated with historic images, reproductions of
plans and drawings as well as newly drawn floor and site plans, the book
documents all stages of constructing Kunsthaus Zürich.


Text in French.