Archinect - News 2024-04-28T14:48:51-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/102556267/a-tale-of-two-extensions A tale of two extensions Alexander Walter 2014-06-23T14:45:00-04:00 >2014-06-23T14:47:14-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4a/4a1312ccb22270fb13be41c0dddd2883?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Switzerland&rsquo;s two largest art museums are building extensions, although Basel is moving faster than its neighbour and sometimes rival, Z&uuml;rich. In Basel, construction is proceeding apace on the Kunstmuseum&rsquo;s project, across the street from the original museum. [...] Meanwhile Z&uuml;rich&rsquo;s Kunsthaus has become embroiled in a dispute which has halted work this month. The Swiss environmental group Archicultura is objecting, and permission to build is being withheld by a canton court.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html> https://archinect.com/news/article/82565/chipperfield-s-kunsthaus-extension-in-zurich-update Chipperfield's Kunsthaus Extension in Zurich UPDATE Sasha Cisar 2008-11-10T09:02:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <p>Some unauthorized images of the Kunsthaus extension in Zurich by David Chipperfield Architects have "leaked" and were published today. See them <a href="http://cisar.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> | <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=82493_0_24_0_C" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previous post</a></p><p>More images and plans are expected to be published in December.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/82493/chipperfield-to-build-new-kunsthaus-in-zurich Chipperfield to build new Kunsthaus in Zurich Sasha Cisar 2008-11-08T12:05:00-05:00 >2014-06-23T14:48:31-04:00 <p>David Chipperfield has been announced as the winner of the international competition to design an extension to the Kunsthaus (art museum) of Zurich, Switzerland. 214 architecture offices from 22 countries were taking part in this competition. As usually in Zurich only the architect has been announced yet, images and more information is to follow in December. According to the jury, he was voted for by a great majority and it's supposedly a classical Chipperfield. <a href="http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/zuerich/david_chipperfield_soll_das_neue_kunsthaus_bauen_1.1233823.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">via</a></p>