A Look Inside the Herzog & de Meuron-Designed Vitra Schaudepot

Storage tends to be relegated to areas where it can't be readily seen -- in the closet, out in the garage, up in the attic, under the bed, etc. But not so with the Vitra Schaudepot on Vitra's Weil am Rhein campus on the east bank of the Rhine. Intended as a "visible storage facility" by renowned Basel-based Swiss design imprint Herzog & de Meuron, the Vitra Schaudepot appears as a cleanly designed, albeit unassuming brick building on the exterior -- one that fits in seamlessly with the existing ...