The S AM Swiss Architecture Museum () is an
architecture museum in
Basel
Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo ...
, Switzerland. Through its program of temporary exhibitions and events, it contributes to international debates on
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...
and
urban development
Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to:
* Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas
* Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities
Urban may also refer to:
General
* Urban (name), a list of peop ...
as well as related socio-political aspects. In addition, the museum issues publications and holds special events in conjunction with the exhibitions. Its premises are located within the
Kunsthalle Basel.
Exhibitions
Since its foundation, the museum has realised over 170 exhibitions. Events in the form of lectures, discussions, talks, workshops, guided tours, and numerous publications accompany the exhibitions.
* 2022 Napoli Super Modern
* 2021 Beton
* 2021 Mock-up
* 2020 Basel 2050
* 2019 Under the Radar
* 2019 Swim City
* 2018 Dichtelust – Forms of Urban Coexistence in Switzerland
* 2017 Bengal Stream
* 2017 Schweizweit
* 2015
Bernhard Tschumi
* 2014 Young Swiss Architects
* 2012 City Inc.
* 2011 The Object of Zionism
* 2010
Richard Neutra
Richard Joseph Neutra ( ; 8 April 1892 – 16 April 1970) was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for most of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important modernist architect. His most ...
* 2009
Madelon Vriesendorp
* 2008 Balkanology
* 2005
Zaha Hadid
* 2000 Peter Märkli
* 1997 New Building in the Alps
* 1993
Rafael Moneo
* 1992
Livio Vacchini
Livio Vacchini (February 27, 1933 – April 2, 2007) was a Swiss architect from Ticino.
Life
Livio Vacchini was born in Locarno. From 1953 to 1958 he studied architecture at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. After a stay in Sto ...
* 1989
Frank O. Gehry
* 1988
Herzog & de Meuron
* 1988
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
* 1987
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , ; ), was a Swiss-French architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture ...
and Raoul La Roche
* 1984
Jean Prouvé
Jean Prouvé (; 8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur, blending architecture and engineering. Prouvé's main achievement was transferring m ...
See also
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Architecture museums
*
Museums in Basel
External links
Swiss Architecture Museum websiteBasel Museums Website
Museums in Basel
Architecture museums
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