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Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany

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Vitra Fire Station

1993 · Weil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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First construction by architect Zaha Hadid, in Weil am Rhein, Germany

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Vitra Fire Station

Weil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · City-level coordinates only

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Vitra Fire Station

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First construction by architect Zaha Hadid, in Weil am Rhein, Germany

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Vitra Fire StationVitra Fire Station

1993 · Weil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Michael Graves Architecture & DesignMichael Graves Architecture & Design

1964 · Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19931964
PlaceWeil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanyPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
Place contextWeil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanyRepresentative site: Minneapolis, Minneapolis, United States
Climate9°C · 14.0h daylight · 11 km/h wind23°C · 13.8h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Minneapolis Institute of Art
FocusFire station15 works in corpus
Architects
  • Zaha Hadid
  • Michael Graves
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Zaha Hadid Architects

Notable works

  • Minneapolis Institute of Art
  • Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Michael C. Carlos Museum
  • Louwman Museum
Typologies
  • fire station
  • deconstructivism
  • industrial building
  • museum
  • library
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • office
  • performance venue
  • hospitality
Materials
  • concrete
  • timber
  • stone
Carbon signals

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete

Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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