Villa Meier Severini

The Villa Meier-Severini is at Dufourstrasse 86 Zollikon in canton Zurich. It stands in a 4244 m² park and is listed in the listing of gadgets of a supra-communal significance of the cantonal renovation of monuments. The classicistic villa become built in 1923 through the contractor Heinrich Hatt-Haller. The architect turned into the Zurich Gustav von Tobel, who constructed the numerous homes in Zurich. First, it belonged to the residing in Milan customs service provider Robert Meier, whose daughter married the Italian Conte Severini - and whose the Aristocracy turned into reputedly beyond all doubt.

It became meant to build a multipurpose building subsequent to or in vicinity of the villa since Zollikon decreed after the demolition of the casino on the lake in 1952 does no longer have room for large activities greater, also ought to the property at one of the maximum sensitive parts of the village to be covered from disfigurement. After plans for an improvement was destroyed, the villa was used as a 3-family residence and rented till it in 1997 to the Foundation Dr. Med. Hans Koenig turned into leased. Since 1986, an annual art exhibitions had been proven underneath the name "The small layout".