Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects

A new construction on the Weil am Rhein campus of Swiss family-owned furniture company Vitra has been unveiled. The Tane Garden House, designed by Japanese architect Tsuyoshi Tane of Paris-based Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects, is a modest dwelling, a thatched hut raised on squat stone legs. Vitra The idea for a garden house emerged when Tsuyoshi Tane accompanied Rolf Fehlbaum (Chairman Emeritus of Vitra) on a drive around Weil am Rhein (a suburb of Basel). Recounting memories of his childhood and the fields on which Vitra Campus sits today, Fehlbaum discussed how he was planning on including nature in the campus’s next phase of development. Tane recalls Fehlbaum asking: “Would you be interested in designing a garden... もっと見る