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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' (b. 19 April 1950), and 'Pierre de Meuron' (b. 8 May 1950), closely paralleled another, with both attending the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. They are perhaps best known for their conversion of the giant Bankside Power Station in London to the new home of the Tate Museum of Modern Art.
In 2001, Herzog & de Meuron was 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."^[1] 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.^[2]
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.

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Projects

Awards

References

External links

Projects

;Current

★ Plaza de España, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife (ca. 2007)

★ Instituto Óscar Domínguez de Arte y Cultura Contemporánea, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife (ca. 2007)

★ 40 Bond Street New York City (ca. 2007)

★ 2008 Summer Olympics Beijing National Stadium (ca. 2008)

★ 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Fla (ca. 2008)

★ Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg, Germany (ca. 2009)

★ Portsmouth Football stadium, Portsmouth, England (ca. 2011)
;Completed

''The Forum Building'', Barcelona, Spain.

★ 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

Awards

★ 2007 Royal Gold Medal

★ 2003 Stirling Prize, Laban Dance Centre

★ 2001 Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent, Rue Des Suisses, Paris

★ 2001 Pritzker Prize

★ 1999 Schock Prize

References

1. Master Architects Jackie Craven
2. The China Syndrome ''subscription required''

External links

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★ Roche Tower, Basel

★ NAi: Herzog & de Meuron Links

★ 40 Bond Street in Manhattan

★ 40 Bond Official Website

★ Photo Galleries: Herzog & de Meuron

★ Pritzker Architecture Prize

★ Herzog & de Meuron: In Process, WAC Exhibition

★ Rue des Suisses in Paris

★ Jacques Herzog KultureFlash interview (04/2007)
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