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David Chipperfield adds limestone-clad extension to Kunsthaus Zurich

David Chipperfield adds limestone-clad extension to Kunsthaus Zurich Jura limestone wraps around the concrete interiors of David Chipperfield Architects long-awaited extension for the Kunsthaus Zurich museum in Switzerland. Located in Heimplatz square in the old town of Zurich, the extension provides more gallery space for Kunsthaus Zurich – making it the largest art museum in the country. The Kunsthaus Zurich art museum is wrapped by Jura limestone fins The new building was designed by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin studio to resemble a freestanding structure, but it is directly connected to the museum s main Moser building via an underground passage. Its monolithic form takes its cues from the city s 19th-century cantonal school at the north of the site and is intended to provide the square with a clear urban edge .

Kunsthaus Zurich counts down to quantum leap for Swiss art scene after Chipperfield expansion

The Kunsthaus Zurich s new building is designed by David Chipperfield Architects Photo: © Noshe The Kunsthaus Zurich has announced the completion of a major extension that will make it the biggest art museum in Switzerland, a step the city hopes will help to put it on an equal footing with Basel as a destination for art lovers. The museum is doubling its footprint with David Chipperfield’s new building on Heimplatz, which was formally completed on 11 December. Due to a tightening of coronavirus restrictions, a planned open-house weekend on 12-13 December has been cancelled. Linked by an underground passage to the original 1910 building across the square, the extension will show temporary exhibitions, art since the 1960s and the Bührle collection a long-term loan of 200 works, including paintings by Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh. Their addition will give the Kunsthaus the biggest collection of French Impressioni

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