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Swiss National Museum, Extension: Exterior · Landesmuseum Zürich
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Swiss National Museum, Extension: Exterior · Landesmuseum Zürich (Gebäude)
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Swiss National Museum, Extension: Exterior · Exterior view of Landesmuseum Zürich with modern extension building
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Swiss National Museum, Extension: Interior · Round windows and staircase at the museum extension, Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
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Swiss National Museum, Extension: Interior · Round windows and staircase at the museum extension, Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
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Museum · Contemporary

Swiss National Museum, Extension

Christ & Gantenbein · Zurich, Switzerland · 2016

Key featuresZigzag wing in tuff-tinted concrete with porthole windows, rising in a chevron to open the old courtyard to the park.

Architect
Christ & Gantenbein
Place
Zurich, Switzerland
Year
2016
Typology
Museum
Movement
Contemporary
Region
Europe
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