Exhibition
Haussmann Studiolo
Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
Chur, Switzerland
14 November 2026 – 14 March 2027
The Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur presents Haussmann Studiolo, an exhibition dedicated to the pioneering Swiss architects and designers Trix and Robert Haussmann. Returning to Chur, where Trix Haussmann was born in 1933 and spent her formative years, the exhibition celebrates the couple's influential contribution to 20th-century Swiss design, architecture, and interior design.
14 November 2026 – 14 March 2027
Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
Further information is available via the Bündner Kunstmuseum. Exhibition design by Caruso St John Architects.
Image: Rita Palanikumar, 2015
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