Renowned Swiss Architecture Firm: Herzog et de Meuron

December 20, 2016

Today we will present you Herzog et de Meuron Basel Ltd., or Herzog et de Meuron Architekten, BSA/SIA/ETH that is a Swiss architecture firm with its head office in Basel, Switzerland.

Herzog & de Meuron is a partnership led by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron with Senior Partners Christine Binswanger, Ascan Mergenthaler and Stefan Marbach.

Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron established their office in Basel in 1978 and the partnership has grown over the years. An international team of about 40 Associates and 380 collaborators is working on projects across Europe, the Americas and Asia. The firm‘s main office is in Basel with additional offices in Hamburg, London, New York City and Hong Kong.

Meet Renowned Swiss Architecture Firm: Herzog et de Meuron

Miu Miu Aoyama

Herzog & de Meuron have designed a wide range of projects from the small scale of a private home to the large scale of urban design. While many of their projects are highly recognized public facilities, such as their stadiums and museums, they have also completed several distinguished private projects including apartment buildings, offices, and factories. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have been awarded numerous prizes including the Pritzker Architecture Prize (USA) in 2001, the RIBA Royal Gold Medal (UK) and the Praemium Imperiale (Japan), both in 2007. In 2014, Herzog & de Meuron were awarded the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) for 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach.

The Goetz Collection, Munich

Herzog & de Meuron has recently completed projects such as the Tate Modern Project, London, UK (2016); the extension and renovation of Musée Unterlinden in Colmar, France (2015); the New Headquarters for BBVA in Madrid, Spain (2015); the Vitra Schaudepot on the Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein, Germany (2015).

Musée Unterlinden in Colmar

New Headquarters for BBVA in Madrid, Spain

Vitra Schaudepot on the Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein, Germany

In terms of urban designs, one good example is Burgos Bulevar, that they completed in 2012. Burgos Bulevar is an eleven-kilometre long urban landscape development through the city of Burgos, Spain, merging public and private transport with green public spaces.

Burgos Bulevar

Perhaps the firm‘s highest profile museum project to date is the conversion of the Bankside power plant to Tate Modern in London, UK (2000). In 2005 Herzog & de Meuron were commissioned by Tate again to develop a scheme for the expansion of the gallery and its surrounding areas – the result, The Tate Modern Project (Switch House) opened in June 2016. The first phase of its extension, The Tanks – three circular industrial chambers over thirty metres across and seven metres high dedicated to exhibiting live art, performance, installation and film works – had opened in July 2012.