prefabricated units and the inner decorations were carefully restored. In the lower floor various demolition works were carried out and new toilets for the coffee house were installed, while the unused arched cellar and basements were rebuilt so that they could be utilized. The painted, stuccoed ceilings with their gold-plated ornaments, the wall panelling, the bas-relief, overdoors and the parquetry were all completely restored. The tower heating furnace, previously removed and stored in the basement, was reinstalled in the parlour. The entrance hall, the three axe cast iron hallway and the entire first floor were left unaltered, but ceilings, walls and floors were redecorated. In the attic area the walls were demolished, the hipped roof had windows built in, and it was insulated. Three seminar rooms and a central zone with restrooms then were created there. Literature Hans Rudolf Heyer: Brüglingen (Schweizerische Kunstführer). Bern 1977. Rudolf Suter: Die Christoph Merian Stiftung. Basel 1986. Gustav Adolf Wanner: Christoph Merian. Basel 1958. External links Baselland.ch: Merian Villa— Merian Münchenstein Buildings and structures in Basel-Landschaft Neoclassical architecture in Switzerland Merian family