Herzog & de Meuron

Infobox Architectural Practice

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caption = Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
name = Herzog & de Meuron Architekten
architects = Jacques Herzog Pierre de Meuron Harry Gugger Christine Binswanger Robert Hösl Ascan Mergenthaler Stefan Marbach
city = Basel, Switzerland
founded = 1978
dissolved =
awards = Pritzker Prize (2001) Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent (2001) Royal Gold Medal (2007) Schock Prize (1999) Stirling Prize (2003)
significant_buildings = Allianz Arena M. H. de Young Museum
Beijing National Stadium, the "Bird's Nest"
significant_projects =
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Herzog & de Meuron Architekten, BSA/SIA/ETH (HdeM) 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), closely paralleled one another, with both attending the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. They were perhaps a best known for their conversion of the giant Bankside Power Station in London to the new home of the Tate Museum of Modern Art. 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 HdeM's innovative use of exterior materials and treatments, such as silkscreened glass. Architecture critic and Pritzker juror Ada Louise Huxtable summarized HdeM's approach concisely: "They refine the traditions of modernism to elemental simplicity, while transforming materials and surfaces through the exploration of new treatments and techniques." [cite web | url=http://architecture.about.com/library/bl-herzog-demeuron.htm | title=Master Architects | publisher =About.com | author=Jackie Craven | accessdate=2007-03-15] In 2006, the New York Times Magazine called them "one of the most admired architecture firms in the world."

HdeM'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.cite news | author=Arthur Lubow | title=The China Syndrome | publisher=The New York Times Magazine | date=21 May 2006 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/magazine/21bejing.html | accessdate=2007-03-15 "subscription required"]

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.

elected Projects

;Current
* Plaza de España, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife (ca. 2007)
*Instituto Óscar Domínguez de Arte y Cultura Boo Contemporánea, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife (ca. 2007)
* [http://www.triplemint.com/triplemint/2006/02/40_bond_in_deta.html 40 Bond Street] New York City (ca. 2007)
* [http://www.1111lincolnroad.com 1111 Lincoln Road] , Miami Beach, Fla (ca. 2008)
* [http://www.stiftung-elbphilharmonie.de/eph.aspx Philharmonic Hall] , Hamburg, Germany (ca. 2009)
* [http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/building/56-leonard-street-new_york 56 Leonard Street] New York City (ca 2010)
* Portsmouth Dockland Stadium for Portsmouth Football Club, Portsmouth, England (ca. 2011);Completed
* 2008 Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China, model on view at Cincinnati Art Museum in China Design Now exhibition in Oct. 2008
* 2005 M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
* 2005 Walker Art Center expansion, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* 2005 Allianz Arena football stadium, Munich
* 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

Awards

* 2007 Royal Gold Medal and Praemium Imperiale
* 2003 Stirling Prize, Laban Dance Centre
* 2001 Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent, Rue Des Suisses, Paris
* 2001 Pritzker Prize
* 1999 Schock Prize

References

External links

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* [http://cisar.blogspot.com/2006/09/herzog-de-meuron-tower-for-basel.html Roche Tower, Basel]
* [http://www.nai.nl/e/extras_e/webfile_hdm/hdm_office.html NAi: Herzog & de Meuron Links]
* [http://www.triplemint.com/triplemint/2006/02/40_bond_in_deta.html 40 Bond Street in Manhattan]
* [http://www.40bond.com 40 Bond Official Website]
* [http://www.danda.be/gallery/architect/herzog-and-de-meuron/ Photo Galleries: Herzog & de Meuron]
* [http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2001annc.htm Pritzker Architecture Prize]
* [http://hdm.walkerart.org/ Herzog & de Meuron: In Process, WAC Exhibition]
* [http://housingprototypes.org/project?File_No=FRA023 Rue des Suisses in Paris]
* [http://www.kultureflash.net/archive/200/priview.html Jacques Herzog KultureFlash interview (04/2007)]

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