Zurich and Aargau

Zurich is the home to the Heidi Weber Pavillon by Le Corbusier, for Le Corbusier. Ms. Weber, a successful interior designer from Zurich, was the first person to ask for permission to manufacture Le Corbusier's furniture designs from the architect himself for which she was granted permission. In the early 1960's she commissioned a museum of sorts to celebrate the architect. A 50 year lease on prime Zurich lake-front property was granted and Ms. Weber spent her own money to have the museum built. There is only one word for this building: MASTERPIECE! A series of cubes with fantastic spaces and an open-air, covered rooftop area to die for - we toured the place with our jaws agape. Afterwards we took a short walk along the lake and did more people watching than anything else. On the way home we took in two towns in Aargau: Bremgarten and Lenzburg. Both of these towns were totally delightful examples of cities founded in the 11th century which were worth a half hour walk through the altstadt (old town) each. See the pictures of Zurich, Bremgarten and Lenzburg.