Arrival in Basel and check-in at the hotel. Welcome drink followed be by architectural tour.
The program includes visits to works by Herzog & de Meuron, Mario Botta, Bürgin Nissen Wentzlaff, Diner & Diner, Wilfried and Katharina Steib, Morger & Degelo, Richard Meier and Burckhardt+Partner AG.


Dinner at the Gasthaus zum Goldenen Sternen, Switzerland’s oldest inn (14th century).

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After breakfast coach ride to Riehen and guided tour of the Fondation Beyeler. Here, Renzo Piano has created an ideal building for the presentation of modern art whose statement is in close harmony with the character of the collection, the ideas of the foundation’s creator and its site.
Lunch at Restaurant Schürmann’s.


Drive to Weil am Rhein in Germany. Guided tour of the buildings in the grounds of the Vitra company: Museum building by Frank O. Gehry, fire station by Zaha Hadid, pavilion by Tadao Ando and the production shops by Nicholas Grimshaw and Alvaro Siza.


Visit of the Tinguely Museum. Art and culture in harmony, major works by Tinguely and an interesting building by Mario Botta. Individual visit to the exhibition.
Dinner at the Restaurant Dreiländereck.

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After breakfast coach ride to Riehen and guided tour of the Fondation Beyeler. Here, Renzo Piano has created an ideal building for the presentation of modern art whose statement is in close harmony with the character of the collection, the ideas of the foundation’s creator and its site.
Lunch at Restaurant Schürmann’s.


Drive to Weil am Rhein in Germany. Guided tour of the buildings in the grounds of the Vitra company: Museum building by Frank O. Gehry, fire station by Zaha Hadid, pavilion by Tadao Ando and the production shops by Nicholas Grimshaw and Alvaro Siza.
After breakfast guided tour under the theme “historical architecture”.


Focus on the St. Alban-Tor (14th century city gate), the Paper Mill and its dwelling house (15th century), the Kunstmuseum (1929), the cathedral, the town hall, the Blaues + Weisses Haus and last but not least the Spalentor (city gate).
Lunch at the Restaurant Hasenburg.


Afternoon: optional visit to the Architectural Museum or leisure time. Departure according to your programme.

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