founding: 1978 Basle
office community of Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
partner:
Harry Gugger and Christine Binswanger
(further partners since 2003)









| year | description | section | level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Pritzker Price | ||
| 2007 | Praemium Imperiale | architecture |


The exhibition «Iwan Baan: Recent Works – Contemporary Architectural Photographs« is showcasing recent architectural photography by the Dutch photographer Iwan Baan from 10th of November until the 10th of December. Iwan Baan has developed a 3D intera…
Cincinnati Art Museum Announces Short List of ArchitectsThe Board of the Cincinnati Art Museum announced the short list of architecture firms selected as candidates to work with the Museum on the development of a new design and on the reconfiguration…
There is something about this artist from Berlin. His best-known work, the Weather Project at the Tate Modern – a shining sun that was occasionally obscured by mist – was repeatedly shown by various speakers during the Projective Landsc…
Tuesday October 17‘Noodles or Magnum?’ What a choice I think half sleepily as I hear the stewardess in the distance. Slurping my noodles, I’m impressed by the seemingly endless cinnamon coloured Gobi Desert down below. Having stu…
Zijlstra, architect and founder of Materia, an independent advisory office for the selection and development of architectural products and materials, discussed the use of materials by Mike Guyer and Annette Gigon from Switzerland. These architects ar…
Riding the waves of success in Dutch Design, various Dutch publishers have launched new architecture magazines primarily aimed at international readers over the past year. The latest to join A10 and Volume in the bookstores is the English-language ma…
When I visited the CCTV site in early October 2006, work had just started on the structure above ground. Hundreds of Chinese workers were busy on 18 hectare-site in the centre of Beijing’s Central Business District. Tension was high. Would OMA…
Everything that Herzog & de Meuron do is experimental. In October 2002 the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal opened an exhibition called Herzog & de Meuron: Archeology of the Mind. The concept devised by curator Philip Ursprung and…