Prof. Jacques Herzog / Prof. Pierre de Meuron | Architecture and Urban Design
Professors Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, along with Professors Roger Diener and Marcel Meili, form an institute of urban research called Studio Basel. As a team, they have executed projects such as Switzerland: an Urban Portrait.
Herzog & de Meuron established their practice in 1978 and received international attention with projects such as the Dominus Winery, Napa Valley (1998); the Tate Modern, London (2000); the Prada Epicenter, Tokyo (2003); Schaulager Basel, Laurenz Foundation (2003); and more recently, the de Young Museum in San Francisco (2005). Current projects include the National Stadium for the Olympic Games of 2008 in Beijing (2007) and the Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg (projected completion 2011). The new development for Transforming Tate Modern will be completed in 2012.
Cairo
Strategically located at the mouth of the Nile Delta, the region around Cairo has been continuously inhabited for the last five millennia. With Memphis, capital of the Old Kingdom approximately 3000 BC
Beirut – Damascus
We can observe the cities in the Middle East at a crucial moment in time. Rich in architectural and urbanistic heritage and finding themselves at a turning point of political transformation and
Nairobi
Nairobi is shaped by strong contrasts in wealth and quality of infrastructure. While some of the most affluent neighborhoods can be found in the west of the city, along with beautiful gardens
MetroBasel
The master plan has failed. Based on a concept of the city as a sharply defined and well enclosed entity, with a strong preference for the plan view with a top-down approach,
Canary Islands: Open Closed
Our first steps on the Canary Islands were accompanied by prejudices and doubts as to whether there would be anything interesting to see there apart from the usual phenomena accompanying the distasteful