Vitra Design Museum

The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The architect of this building was Frank O. Gehry. His architecture was based on the art movement of the early 20th century, deconstructivism. Making the building itself a work of art along with the work in the museum. There were many exhibitions within this museum that demonstrated architecture through a multitude of different forms.

Former Vitra CEO, and son of Vitra founders Willi and Erika Fehlbaum, Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation. The Vitra corporation provides it with a financial subsidy, the use of Vitra architecture, and organizational cooperation.

Frank O.Gehry was inspired by Raphael Soriano early in his career, but soon developed his own style with very curvilinear forms and structures, he wanted the building to feel alive. He was the architect for many museums and concert halls because he liked the relationship that the music and the art had to the people in the space. Gehry created museums that were warehouses with no windows making the skin the main aspect of the building which forces the architecture to play with the nature around it. Provided by Wikipedia