Kunsthaus Bregenz

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History of Construction
In August 1993 the district administration office Bregenz issued the building permit for the construction of a new art museum. The plans and negotiations had already begun in 1989. The design of Swiss architect Peter Zumthor of Haldenstein near Chur had been awarded first prize in the architectural competition. Work on the new building began in 1994; the roofing ceremony was celebrated in November 1996. By the end of June 1997, the administration building was completed, in July the museum building followed. The Kunsthaus was opened on July 25, 1997.

"The art museum stands in the light of Lake Constance. It is made of glass and steel and a cast concrete stone mass which endows the interior of the building with texture and spatial composition. From the outside, the building looks like a lamp. It absorbs the changing light of the sky, the haze of the lake, it reflects light and colour and gives an intimation of its inner life according to the angle of vision, the daylight and the weather."
Peter Zumthor, Architect

represented artists

Vito Acconci      Alice Aycock      Max Bill      Erwin Bohatsch      Herbert Brandl      Daniel Buren      Walter De Maria      Helmut Federle      Frank O. Gehry      Bruno Gironcoli      Roland Goeschl      Dan Graham      Erwin Heerich      Donald Judd      Birgit Jürgenssen      Hubert Kiecol      Per Kirkeby      Peter Kogler      Willi Kopf      Maria Lassnig      Sol LeWitt

Richard Long      Gerhard Merz      Mario Merz      Julian Opie      Lois Renner      Gerwald Rockenschaub      Sara Rossi      Ulrich Rückriem      Fred Sandback      Hubert Scheibl      Hubert Schmalix      Thomas Schütte      James Turrell      Franz Erhard Walther      Peter Weibel      Franz West      Erwin Wurm      Heimo Zobernig