The extension of the culture and congress centre Carmen Würth Forum designed by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin for the Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG in the town of Künzelsau in southern Germany is now completed. The new wing comes in at 5,500 square meters and adds a flexible conference area and an art museum with a foyer and cafe to the existing concert hall and large event hall that opened back in 2017.

"This second construction phase marks the completion of the Carmen Würth Forum, fulfilling Reinhold Würth’s vision to create a gathering place for the employees of Würth and the wider community beyond. It symbolizes the connection between a place of work, its community and the surrounding environment, which the company has nurtured so impressively over the years," said David Chipperfield in a statement.

Alexander Schwartz, Partner and Design Director at David Chipperfield Architects Berlin added: "The museum and conference centre extend the events hall and chamber music hall, embodying the forum idea of the place, both in terms of building and content. The clear forms of a dignified industrial architecture are consolidated into one complex that relates both to the company grounds on the other side of the street as well as the vastness of the landscape. A place as we want it to be, with spatial, cultural and social appeal."