# Villa Bleuler

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Villa Bleuler stands in Zurich as a neo-Renaissance palazzo designed by Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli. The villa was built between 1885 and 1888. Bluntschli created the residence for Colonel Hermann Bleuler-Huber and his family, who moved there in 1887. Its brickwork shifts from pink in sunshine to terracotta in rain. The English landscape garden preserves original features and supports orchids, glowworms, and other rare species. The city of Zurich acquired the property in 1983. Since 1990, the villa has housed the Swiss Institute for Art Research, or SIK-ISEA. The institute documents visual art in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Its research collections include a public library, a Swiss art archive, and digital resources for artists. The public library sits within an underground extension. An oval glass lantern on the front lawn provides the only visible sign of that subterranean addition. The reading area references Alvar Aalto’s library in Vyborg. Villa interiors look across manicured lawns towards Lake Zurich, with trees framing the water beyond. The park remains open for public enjoyment in Zurich. Protected under Swiss federal law, the villa and park unite architecture, research, and biodiversity. Villa Bleuler connects Zurich’s cultural history with a living garden.

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