This complex of
buildings in Zurich West is the former
home of the Löwenbräu Brewery.
Elements of the industrial complex, built
in 1897, have been preserved, whilst new
buildings have been added. The
project was designed by the Swiss
architects Gigon and Guyer and built
between 2009 and 2012.
The NBK
Architectural Terracotta website
explains that, An exciting ensemble of
old and new is emerging on the Löwenbräu
complex in the
west of Zurich, where two new towers
rise above the old brewery ....
" At one end of the
complex is Löwenbräu White (see above)
which (in 2015) is an arts centre that
is home to the Kunsthalle Zurich, the
Migros Museum of Contemporary Art,
Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, as well as the
the galleries of: Bob van Orsouw, Eva
Presenhuber, Gregor Staiger and Hauser
& Wirth.
In the middle is
Löwenbräu Black, "....
A black, elegant, 70-metre-high
construction, with its striking
projection giving it the appearance of
a cobra, stands tall behind the old
brewery. .... the Löwenbräu
Black – is a
prominent landmark that
redefines the city’s
skyline. Simple, but bold in form and
dimensions, it rises above the listed
brewery, and yet its striking
projection serves to enrich this
historic building. The design is
complemented by the cladding with its
black-glazed, highly projecting,
undulating ceramic plates."
At the end is Löwenbräu
Red, an office complex that comprises the
listed main brewery building from 1897 and a
nine-storey extension. "...
With its striking red-glazed, undulating
ceramic plates, the façade reinterprets
the typical colour of the existing brick
building and is a real eye-catcher even
at a distance."
Just beyond the railway line are the
original steel silos.
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