The Robert Bosch Stiftung was founded in 1964 and represents the philanthropic and social endeavours of the company founder. It is one of the major foundations associated with a private company in Germany and has its own hospitaland research institutes, projects, competitions and scholarships. Its new domicile near the late classicist villa of its founder Robert Bosch, who started his company in 1886, clearly refl ects the property, rich in tradition, with sculptural architecture.