HERZOG & de MEURON

Jacques Herzog - Pierre de Meuron

Herzog & de Meuron Architekten is a Swiss Architecture Firm, founded and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland in 1978. The careers of founders and senior partners Jacques Herzog (born 19 April 1950), and Pierre de Meuron (born 8 May 1950).

The Herzoz & de Meuron Architekten also counting with the presence of a few key architects, like as Harry Gugger, Christine Binswanger, Robert Hösl, Ascan Mergenthaler, Stefan Marbach.

They are perhaps best known for their conversion of the giant Bankside Power Station in London to the new home of the Tate Modern. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have been visiting professors at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design since 1994 and professors at ETH Zürich since 1999.

In 2001, Herzog & de Meuron were awarded the Pritzker Prize, the highest of honours in architecture. Jury chairman J. Carter Brown, commented, "One is hard put to think of any architects in history that have addressed the integument of architecture with greater imagination and virtuosity." This in reference to HdM's innovative use of exterior materials and treatments, such as silkscreened glass.

In 2006, the New York Times Magazine called them "one of the most admired architecture firms in the world."

HdM's early works were reductivist pieces of modernity that registered on the same level as the minimalist art of Donald Judd. However, their recent work at Prada Tokyo, the Barcelona Forum Building and the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games, suggest a changing attitude.

HdM's commitment of articulation through materiality is a common thread through all their projects. Their formal gestures have generally progressed from the purist simplicity of rectangular forms to more complex and dynamic geometries. The architects often cite Joseph Beuys as an enduring artistic inspiration and collaborate with different artists on each architectural project. Their success can be attributed to their skills in revealing unfamiliar or unknown relationships by utilizing innovative materials.

Beijing National Stadium, China

Awards:
2009 - Lubetkin Prize for the Beijing National Stadium

2007 - RIBA Royal Gold Medal and Praemium Imperiale

2003 - Stirling Prize, Laban Dance Centre

2001 - Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent, Paris

2001 - Pritzker Prize

1999 - Schock Prize



Allianz Arena stadium, Munich



Works:

2010 - 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL, USA

2008 - Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China

2008 - CaixaForum Madrid, Madrid, Spain

2005 - M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco

2005 - Walker Art Center expansion, Minnesota

2005 - Allianz Arena football stadium, Munich

Tate Modern, Bankside, London

2004 - Forum Building, Barcelona

2004 - IKMZ, Cottbus, Germany

2003 - Laban Dance Centre, Deptford Creek, London

2001 - St. Jakob-Park, Basel

2000 - Tate Modern, Bankside, London

1999 - Dominus winery, Napa Valley, California

1997 - SBB switchtower, Basel

1992 - Goetz Collection, Munich

    1111 Lincoln Road, Miami                      Walker Art Center expansion, Minnesota                    Forum Bulding, Barcelona

The firm has several projects in hand as:

- Contemporary Art Museum Barranca de Huentitán, Guadalajara, México

- Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, France

- Kolkata Museum of Modern Art, Kolkata
- Plaza de España, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife (ca. 2007)
- Instituto Óscar Domínguez de Arte y Cultura, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife (ca. 2007)
- 40 Bond Street New York City (ca. 2007)
- Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg, Germany (ca. 2009)
- Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL, USA (ca. 2010)
- Portsmouth Dockland Stadium, Portsmouth, England (ca. 2011)
- Tate Modern 2, Bankside, London (ca. 2012)
- São Paulo Companhia de Dança HQ, São Paulo, Brazil

- Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York

    

         Tate Modern 2, London                        Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg                           40 Bond Street New York City

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