Blossoms made of concrete
The Vorarlberg Museum in the Austrian city of Bregenz has been expanded. The museum’s eye-catcher is a relief of concrete blossoms covering 1,300 m2 of the façade of the new building
The traditional Vorarlberg Museum in the Austrian city of Bregenz was reopened this year. The expanded building complex is impressive, not least owing to its ingenious façades. A concrete relief on the façade of the new building extending over a surface of around 1,300 m2 must surely be regarded as the most impressive feature. It was created in close collaboration with the architects Andreas Cukrowicz and Anton Nachbaur and the Southern Tyrolean artist Alois Mayr. The relief consists of 16,656 concrete blossoms that emerge from a smooth, jointless architectural-concrete surface. The flowers...
