Luis Fernández-Galiano   This magazine devoted an issue to Herzog & de Meuron in 1999, and after only five years we return to the Basel architects to take stock of the remarkable production of the last period, that has witnessed the global expansion of the firm and the a

Luis Fernández-Galiano   Herzog & De Meuron reinvented themselves in 1998. During the design of the Ricola offices there was one of those genetic mutations that generate a new organism, because the creative spark of this transformation lit up a formal fire that is still burn

Herzog & de Meuron   Germany   The center of Munich breathes that unreal immaculate air provided by full employment gives and the absence of mendicity – that has been driven out of the city by force –; the block next to the Theatine Strasse belonging to the Hypobank, is a built sy

Herzog & de Meuron   France   Two distinct urban situations characterize the housing project in 14th arrondissement of Paris; on the one hand, the blocks facing the Rue de Suisses and the Rue Jonquoy and on the other, the courtyard with high fire walls at the back. Two apartment

Herzog & de Meuron   United Kingdom   Deptford is a restructuring area, southeast of London, where the Laban Center has been constructed. St. Paul’s Church becomes an important point of reference for this new complex. The large, embracing gesture of the Laban building volume gives the ef

Herzog & de Meuron   Switzerland   The client’s express wish, from the outset, was not to have the new REHAB center look or feel like a hospital. What is a hospital? Elevators and indoor corridors, flanked by countless doors leading to rooms or examination rooms, a waiting lounge at t

Herzog & de Meuron   Germany   The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus (BTU) was newly founded in 1991 following the reunification of Germany. Its buildings are constructed in a uniform style: they are all of essentially the same shape, height and material. In the early n

Herzog & de Meuron   Switzerland   The head office of Helvetia Patria insurance is located on top of the Girtannersberg, a raised part above the town of St. Gallen, and in the vicinity of other large building complexes. The new extensions of the existing cruciform complex are designed

Herzog & de Meuron   Switzerland   What is the point of a Schaulager, of a building in which art is stored but still accessible to the public? What ideas about art and collection strategy does it involve, and what is the best architectural and urban concept for it? The brief: a wareho

Herzog & de Meuron   United States   The M.H. De Young Memorial Museum houses numerous collections, representing a variety of cultures from all over the world. The works of art in these collections go from the present day all the way back to the beginnings of human history. The museum i

Herzog & de Meuron   United States   For the Walker Art Center Expansion, the client did not aim simply to increase the exhibition area, but primarily to give the public more room, more room for urban living inspired by the variety and richness of contemporary art. The Walker Art Center

Herzog & de Meuron   Japan   The initial observation of the site revealed two things: on the one hand, the extreme heterogeneity of the area freed from the need to meet any contextual requirements, and on the other, the site was surrounded by a low-rise type of building. No squa

Herzog & de Meuron   Spain   The celebration of the Universal Forum of Cultures meant for Barcelona the opportunity to redesign and merge into the built fabric a vast extension of industrial terrains and port facilities that were no longer in use in the northern coastal edge of

Herzog & de Meuron   Germany   Three themes define the architectural and urban concept for the world championship football stadium in Munich (the Allianz Arena): the presence of the stadium as an illuminated body that can change its appearance and is situated in an open landscape,

Herzog & de Meuron   Spain   Tenerife is the result of volcanic eruption. The steep shores and the abrupt transition from scarce land to the Atlantic is a physical reality which has always determined the urbanization on the island. Therefore the relation between sea and land is

Herzog & de Meuron   Spain   The Centro Cultural will become a new and lively place for people of all generations and with various interests. In order to achieve that, the architectural concept promotes that the different activities and spaces of the Center interfuse and interfl

Herzog & de Meuron   Spain   The CaixaForum has been conceived as a magnet attracting the art-lovers of Madrid and from out of town. The attraction will not only be its cultural program, but also the building and the site itself. The heavy mass of the existing structure, with it

Herzog & de Meuron   Spain   Today there is an empty lot in the traditional, homogeneous and perfect space of the city, and on this empty lot there is a little forest growing naturally, as if by chance. What should be done? The empty space is with its trees very attractive, but

Herzog & de Meuron   Germany   The Elbphilharmonie on the Kaispeicher will soon take its place among the landmarks of the city. Its two contradictory and superposed architectures will ensure exciting vistas for the public. On the one hand, the nostalgic feel of the original archit

Herzog & de Meuron   China   The new National Stadium is located on a gentle rise in the center of the Olympic complex. It is conceived as a large collective vessel. The stadium’s appearance is pure structure. Facade and structure are identical. The structural elements mutually