Messner’s Last Museum

[ad_1] Photography: Courtesy ZHA    . Here’s a fitting tribute to adventurous and successful mountaineers – a symbolic built form hung over the precipice imbuing the very essence of the hazardous sport – and designed by none other than Ar. Zaha Hadid. Embedded within the summit of Mount Kronplatz, 2,275m above sea level at the centre South Tyrol’s most popular ski resort, the Messner Mountain Museum Corones is surrounded by the alpine peaks of the Zillertal, Ortler and Dolomites. Established by renowned climber Reinhold Messner, this, the sixth and final Messner Mountain Museum explores the traditions, history and discipline of […]