mimoa guide herzog and de meuron

HERZOG AND DE MEURON.Projects 40. Created 06-Mar-10

. By Luca Trabattoni, Lodi, Italy

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MoMa Museum of Modern Art. New York, United States. Yoshio Taniguchi. museum.

. 4.

Apartment and Commercial BuildingHerrnstrasse

. Munich, Germany

. Herzog and De Meuron

. housing, office

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.Ricola Europe Mulhouse

. Mulhouse, France


. factory, industry

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.Helvetia Headquarters

. Sankt Gallen, Switzerland


. office

.. 7

.An English Square

. London, United Kingdom

. Vogt Landschaftarchitekten

. square

.. 8

.Sammlung Goetz

. Munich, Germany


. gallery

.. 9

.Institute for Hospital Pharmaceuticals

. Basel, Switzerland


. laboratorium, office

.. 10

.Allianz Arena

. Munich, Germany


. football stadium

.. 11

.VitraHaus

. Weil am Rhein, Germany


. museum, shop, showroom

.. 12

.Herzog & De Meuron OfficeHeadquarters



. atelier, office

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M. H. de Young Museum. San Francisco, United States. Herzog and De Meuron. museum.

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Aargauer Kunsthaus Extension. Aarau, Switzerland. Herzog and De Meuron. culture, exposition space, museum.

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Central Signal Box. Basel, Switzerland. Herzog and De Meuron. industry, watch-tower, workshop.

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Laban Dance Centre. London, United Kingdom. Herzog and De Meuron. education, culture.

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Schaulager. Basel, Switzerland. Herzog and De Meuron. archive, atelier, exposition space.

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Allschwilerstrasse Residential andOffice Building



. housing, mixed-use development, office

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.1111 Lincoln Road

. Miami Beach, United States


. commercial space, garage, mixed-usedevelopment

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.Elsssertor II



. commercial space, office, restaurant

.. 21

.Rue des Suisses

. Paris, France


. housing

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.Pfaffenholz sport centre

. Saint-Louis, France


. sport

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http://www.mimoa.eu/users/Luca_t/Guides/HERZOG%20AND%20DE%20MEURON/. this page is part of Mi guide 'HERZOG AND DE MEURON' made by Luca Trabattoni, Lodi, Italy.

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St. Jakob Park. Basel, Switzerland. Herzog and De Meuron. commercial space, football stadium,

shopping centre, sport. . 24.

REHAB Basel. Basel, Switzerland. Herzog and De Meuron. clinic, health care.

. 25.

Caixa Forum Madrid. Madrid, Spain. Herzog and De Meuron. auditorium, culture, exposition space.

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Ricola Storage Building. Laufen, Switzerland. Herzog and De Meuron. industry, renovation, shed.

. 27.

40 Bond. New York, United States. Herzog and De Meuron. housing.

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Tate Modern. London, United Kingdom. Herzog and De Meuron. museum, culture.

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Hotel Astoria Luzern. Luzern, Switzerland. Herzog and De Meuron. congress centre, hotel.

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Folding Landscape. London, United Kingdom. Vogt Landschaftarchitekten. garden.

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Haus Rudin. Leymen, France. Herzog and De Meuron. private house.

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Elbphilharmonie. Hamburg, Germany. Herzog and De Meuron. culture, hotel, music theatre.

. 33.

Subcentral Elctrica 22@. Barcelona, Spain. Victor Rahola Aguad. energy centre.

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Five Courtyards. Munich, Germany. Herzog and De Meuron. commercial space, culture, exposition

space, horeca, leisure, passage,shopping centre

. . 35

.Birds Nest National Stadium

. Beijing, China


. olympic stadium

.. 36

.International Convention Center (CCIB)

. Barcelona, Spain

. Mateo Arquitectura

. congress centre, exposition space,meeting room

. . 37

.Forum Building

. Barcelona, Spain


. auditorium, culture, exposition space,square

. . 38

.Euregio Office Building


. Richard Meier

. atelier, commercial space, office

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.Suva House



. housing, office

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.Cottbus University Library

. Cottbus, Germany


. education, library

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.Prada Aoyama epicenter

. Tokyo, Japan


. shop, showroom

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.Apartment building



. apartment, housing

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photo: Alberto M. Snchez .

photo: Alberto M. Snchez.

photo: Alberto M. SnchezOpening hoursSaturday 10:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. Sunday 10:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. Monday 10:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. Tuesday closed Wednesday 10:30a.m.5:30 p.m. Thursday 10:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. Friday 10:30a.m.8:00 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving Day Closed Christmas Day tel: (212) 708-9400

. How to get thereSubway: E or V to Fifth Avenue/53 Street; B, D, or F to 47-50Streets/Rockefeller Center. Bus: M1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to 53 Street

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MoMa Museum of Modern Art.

AddressWest 53 Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues 11New York New York 10019-5497United Stateshttp://www.moma.org/

. Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum ofModern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modernart in the world. Japanese architect Taniguchi won a competitionin 1997 to redesign the MoMa, beating out ten otherinternationally renowned architects, including Rem Koolhaas,Bernard Tschumi, and Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. TheMoMA commission was his first work outside Japan. Taniguchi'sbeautiful and bold design reflects the unique vitality of midtownManhattan and sensitively draws upon and transforms thelanguage of modernism. Highlights include larger, more flexible,sky-lit galleries for contemporary art; architecturally distinctivegalleries for masterpieces of modern art; and prominent andmore comprehensive areas for study, research, and educationalendeavors.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

11-2004.

Architect.

Yoshio Taniguchi. Client.

MoMa Museu of Modern Art.

Contributed by.

asanchez.


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photo: Naomi Schiphorst .

photo: Naomi Schiphorst.

photo: Naomi Schiphorst

Opening hours

. How to get thereThe building is located in the city centre, in between Isartor andMarienplatz, near the Parkhaus at the tourist attractionHofbruhaus.

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Apartment and Commercial BuildingHerrnstrasse

.AddressHerrnstrae 4480539 MunichGermany

. The 'Wohn- und Geschftshaus am Herrnstrasse' in the old centrehas a strong interaction between opening and closing. Everysecond element in the floor-to-ceiling glazing is a sliding door.The anthracite-brown galvanized window frames give the innerlayout a maximum flexibility - and together with the wave-shapedsunscreens, the building has an ever changing appearanceaccording to the weather. On the roof top an intimate woodenpenthouse is placed, with large windowsills, made out of oakwood. The underground car park can be reached by an auto lift.

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Project is not public!.

Completion.

2000.

Architect.

Herzog and De Meuron.

Contributed by.

Naomi.


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photo: Maarten Helle . photo: Maarten Helle.

photo: Maarten Helle

Opening hours

. How to get there

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Ricola Europe Mulhouse.

AddressRue de l'Ill 68100 MulhouseFrancehttp://www.ricola.com/index.cfm?uuid=980EB29A2B351571E89BB33A63B4A4B3

. This is a packing and distribution building for Ricola Europe inMulhouse-Brunstatt. When the Swiss decided against joining theEU economic area in a referendum held in 1992, it becamenecessary for Ricola to set up a sales company in the EU and tobuild a hall for Ricola Europe in neighbouring France. This hallwas built in a few months in 1995. It is situated on the peripheryof Mulhouse, on the west bank of the Rhine-Rhne Canal, facingBrunstatt. It is a simple building, 60 m long, 30 m wide an 8 mhigh. The roof projects outwards and slightly upwards for 8 m oneach of the two long sides. It creates large, protected areas,those facing into the yard being used for loading and unloadingthe trucks, and those facing a small park for rest periods. Here,the roof is of a material which allows the light through, so thatthese areas are bathed in soft light. (text from website Ricola)

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Completion.

1995.

Architect.

Herzog and De Meuron. Client.

Ricola.

Contributed by.

HelleBeelden.


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photo: Stefan Tuchila .

photo: Stefan Tuchila.

photo: Stefan Tuchila

Opening hoursyou can visit the garden any time, and the entry halls, the rest ofthe building is forbidden to public access

. How to get there

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Helvetia Headquarters.

AddressDufourstrasse 409000 Sankt GallenSwitzerland

. Simple but yet complex, one of the best works by this Swisspractice can be found in St. Gallen. The recipe is simple: take asimple form of building and give it a nice skin. Using a series ofrepetitive modules, the architects create a faade thatdecomposes the site, the context, the surroundings. Thedifferent angle of each module creates this effect, which isemphasized by the beautiful "savage" garden that neighbours thebuildings.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

2004.

Architect.


Helvetia Patria.

Contributed by.

stefan_tuchila.


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photo: Naomi Schiphorst . photo: Naomi Schiphorst.


Opening hours24/7

. How to get thereTate Modern is located on the south bank of the River Thames atBankside, near Blackfriars Bridge, opposite St Paul's Cathedraland next to the Globe Theatre. By boat: Tate boat runs everyforty minutes along the Thames between Tate Britain, the LondonEye and Tate Modern. By Underground: Southwark (Jubilee Line)and Blackfriars (District and Circle Lines) are the closestunderground stations both of which are approximately tenminutes walk away. Bus: RV1, 45, 63, 100, 381, 344.

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An English Square.

AddressBankside Jetty 1SE1 9TG LondonUnited Kingdomhttp://www.tate.org.uk/modern/

. With the change of use of the power station, a formerlyinaccessible terrain was turned into a place that is now used bythe public. Zurich based Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten designedthe outside space next to the Tate Modern (redesigned for reuseby Herzog and De Meuron). They created a series of gardens withbirch trees and a square: The birch trees create a spatialcomplexity of confinement and expansiveness and create thefamiliar picture of an alluvial forest. At the same time, thebirches are pioneer trees on urban and industrial vacant lots. Thegroups of foreign trees, with their different coloured barks andirregular placement, contradict the usual connotation of thistree. The design of the various types of gardens is part of atypical London tradition of urban gardens. It is neither a publicsquare nor a private garden but a hybrid: an English square.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

2001. Floor area/size.

25000 m.

Landscape architect.

Vogt Landschaftarchitekten. Client.

Tate Gallery.

Contributed by.

MI_MOA.


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photo: Evan Chakroff . photo: Evan Chakroff.

photo: Evan Chakroff

Opening hoursGoetz Collection Oberfhringer Strae 103 D - 81925 Munich Tel. +49 - 89 - 95 93 96 9 - 0 Fax +49 - 89 - 95 93 96 9 - 69 [email protected] Visitation is possible from 26.5.2008during opening hours BY APPOINTMENT ONLY: Monday to Friday 2- 6 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Closed on sundays and bankholidays.

. How to get thereTake the Subway U4 to "Richard-Strauss-Strae". Change here forbus # 188 (direction Unterfhring, Fichtenstrae) to bus stop"Brgerpark Oberfhring". Take the streetcar # 17 or # 18, orbus # 54 to "Herkomerplatz". Change here for bus # 188 (directionUnterfhring, Fichtenstrae) to bus stop "BrgerparkOberfhring". Individual timetable information: http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/de/home/index.html

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Sammlung Goetz.

AddressOberfhringer Strae 10381925 MunichGermanyhttp://www.sammlung-goetz.de/

. The Gallery for a Private Collection of Modern Art, GoetzCollection in Munich, of 1992 is a free-standing volume that canbe used as both a public and a private gallery. The architecturalconception for the building is derived from the collection ofworks that have been assembled, namely, art from the 1960s tothe present. Situated in a park like area of birches and conifers,the gallery appears as a simple flush-detailed form, yet uponcloser inspection reveals itself as a complex study incomposition. (text from website www.moma.org)

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1992.

Architect.


Contributed by.

evanc.


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photo: Maarten Helle .

photo: Viktor Ramos.

photo: Viktor Ramos

Opening hoursBasel Tourist office offers the whole year guided tours of themost interesting examples of 20th century architecture in andaround Basel as well as along the current axes of urbandevelopment. Or visit the Swiss architecture museum in Baselhttp://www.sam-basel.org/

. How to get thereBus 30/33/36/38/603/604 to Frauenspital.

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Institute for HospitalPharmaceuticals

.AddressSpitalstrasse 284056 BaselSwitzerland

. The Hospital Pharmacie (in German: Institut fr Spitalpharmazie)houses offices, labs and production. The building is placed on theRossetti-grounds, and presents itself to the street with a greenmonumental shield. The building marks the entrance to the city,from the Spital-side. The position of the elevator, stairs andentrance side for services was determined by the existing buildingfrom the 1960s. The faade is made with glass, covered by aChromogenic colour print. If you come close, you can see thestructure of the print on the green, semi transparent buildingsurface.

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Completion.


9439 m.

Architect.


City of Basel.

Contributed by.

Marieke_Mannens.


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photo: Allianz Arena . photo: Allianz Arena.

photo: Allianz Arena

Opening hoursWorld of Brands (ArenaTours): Mon Sat 10.00 19.00, Sun +Public holidays 10.00 17.00. Arena a la carte restaurant: 10.00 22.00 daily. Ticket office: Mon - Fri 10.00 19.00. Matchdays: Thestadium opens 3.5 hours before Bayern home games, 2.5 hoursbefore TSV 1860 home games. The World of Brands is closed, andguided tours do not operate, on matchdays and days featuring anevent. The stadium organizes English guided tours at 1 pm daily!see: http://www.allianz-arena.de/

. How to get thereAll visitors reach the stadium itself via the Esplanade, alandscaped roof over the car parks. Spectator routes emergedirectly from the car parks, the bus parking and via a shorttransition route from the Frttmaning underground station. FromMunich's main station or Munich East catch the S-Bahn toMarienplatz and change to subway line U6.

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Allianz Arena.

AddressWerner-Heisenberg-Allee 2580939 MunichGermanyhttp://www.allianz-arena.de

. Built in a record time of 30 months, the Allianz Arena is one ofthe most modern and architecturally unique football stadiums inEurope. It has not only captivated football fans, but many otherswith its breathtaking architecture and spectacular illuminatedfacade. Swiss architects Herzog and De Meuron designed thebuilding purely as football stadium. The faade and roof is acomposition of transparent and translucent ETFE laminate panelson a steel supporting structure. Every panel has a transparentinner. Those forming the facade have a translucent white outer,but the roof panels are completely transparent, allowing sunshineand light to fall onto the pitch. The stadium is lighted in thecolours of the two Munich clubs (FC Bayern Mnchen red colourand TSV 1860 blue) who have their home-base in this arena; whitefor national games. Capacity of the Arena is 69.000, unique 3-tierArena in Germany with a great closeness to the pitch through ahigh inclination of the tiers.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

5-2005. Floor area/size.

38000 m.

Architect.

Herzog and De Meuron. Landscape designer.

Vogt Landschaftarchitekten. Associate architect.


Allianz Arena / FC Bayern Mnchen /TSV 1860 Mnchen

.Contributed by

.MI_MOA

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photo: Iwan Baan . photo: Iwan Baan.

photo: Iwan Baan

Opening hoursThe VitraHaus is open Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. Vitra Design Museum offers guided architectural tours of about 2hours on the Vitra Campus. Daily at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

. How to get therePublic transport: From Claraplatz or Badischer Bahnhof Basel,take bus 55. From EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, take bus50 to the Basel SBB Railway Station, tram 2 to Badischer BahnhofBasel, bus 55.From the train station in Weil am Rhein, it is abouta 15 min walk to the museum. By car: From Germany andSwitzerland, take the A5 motorway, exit at Weil am Rhein, turnleft, follow the signs for Vitra Design Museum. From France, go tothe Palmrain (D) border crossing, take E35.

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VitraHaus.

AddressCharles-Eames-Strasse 279576 Weil am RheinGermanyhttp://www.vitra.com/vitrahaus

. A new building has been added to the Vitra Campus. TheVitraHaus lies in close proximity to the Swiss border and thefurniture manufacture's Basel headquarters. Here the Vitra HomeCollection is shown. The furnishings and objects are arranged in avariety of settings for both living and working: classics by Charles& Ray Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Prouv andVerner Panton are combined with contemporary designs byMaarten Van Severen, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, AntonioCitterio, Hella Jongerius, Jasper Morrison and others. With theVitraHaus, there is a sense of "homecoming" not only with regardto the architects, but also in the building concept. Herzog & deMeuron make reference to the archetypal form of the gabledhouse, which is found in residential structures around the globe.They have stretched this basic form and combined a series of"houses" in an intersecting stack.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1-2010.

Architect.


Vitra Verwaltungs GmbH, Weil amRhein, Germany

.Contributed by

.MI_MOA

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photo: Marco de Trizio .

photo: Marco de Trizio.

photo: Marco de Trizio

Opening hours

. How to get there

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Herzog & De Meuron OfficeHeadquarters

.AddressRheinschanze 64056 BaselSwitzerland

. The office headquarters of Swiss architectural firm Herzog and DeMeuron are located in Basel. The complex is composed of variousbuildings, one of them a six-storey, glass volume looking towardsthe Rhine river. An interesting detail is the original entrance: asmall, simple, wooden door, typical of Basel.

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Public access unknown!.

Completion.

2009.

Architect.


Contributed by.

Marco_De_Trizio.


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photo: Ken McCown . photo: Ryan Taube.

photo: Ryan TaubeOpening hoursTuesday through Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., Fridays until8:45 p.m. The tower closes at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sundayand 8 p.m. Fridays.

. How to get there

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M. H. de Young Museum.

AddressHagiwara Tea Garden Drive 50San Francisco California 94118United Stateshttp://www.famsf.org/deyoung/index.asp

. The M. H. de Young Museum sites atop the site of the old museumwhich was severely damaged in San Francisco earthquake of1989. The building depicts this fracture not only in it's form, butalso in the structure of the building itself, which can movealmost a meter during an earthquake. The copper skin, whichcovers the building entirely, is covered in dimples andperforations which change in colour throughout the daydepending on the quality of sunlight.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

10-2005.

Architect.


Contributed by.

rtaube.


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photo: Filip Landa . photo: Filip Landa.

photo: Filip Landa

Opening hoursTuesday - Sunday: 10.00 - 17.00 / Thursday: 10.00 -20.00 /Monday: closed.

. How to get there

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Aargauer Kunsthaus Extension.

AddressAargauerplatz 15001 AarauSwitzerlandhttp://www.ag.ch

. The Aargauer Kunsthaus, originally built in 1959, becameincreasingly unable to cope with the constant expansion of thecollection and the dynamism of the exhibition programme. Afterseveral years of planning, therefore, a unique extension designedby internationally renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron andthe artist Rmy Zaugg was opened in 2003. The buildingrepresents a harmonious blend of old and new, a mixture of parkand city, resulting from a careful analysis of the urbansurroundings. While the entrance area and foyer, with the twowinding staircases, make a spectacular, open and invitingimpact, the architecture of the exhibition rooms recedes into thebackground, so to speak. The Aargauer Kunsthaus has a total of3000 square metres of exhibition space (twice as much as beforethe extension) at its disposal in bright spacious rooms (text fomproject's website).

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Project is public!.

Completion.


2950 m.

Main designer, Architect,Interior architect, Urbanplanner

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Artist.

Rmy Zaugg. Technical engineer.

Ove Arup. Client.

Baudepartement des Kantons Aargau.

Contributed by.

Filipoid.


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photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek . photo: Dina Bonefacic Mihaljek.

photo: Viktor Ramos

Opening hours

. How to get there

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Central Signal Box.

AddressMnchensteinerstrasse BaselSwitzerland

. This is a railway utility building in Basel, near the GuterbahnhofWolf called Signal Box and has an exterior cladding of copperstrips that are twisted at certain places to admit daylight. Herzogand De Meuron won the Pritzker prize in 2001, the juryexplained: "The beginnings of most architects practices consistsby necessity of small projects with budgets to match. It is theseearly buildings with great constraints that test an architectstalent for original solutions to often ordinary and utilitariancommissions. In the case of Jacques Herzog and Pierre deMeuron, the railroad signal box was such a project. Theytransformed a nondescript structure in a railroad yard into adramatic and artistic work of industrial architecture, captivatingboth by day and night."

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Completion.

1999.

Architect.


Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB,Anlagen Management

.Contributed by

.boeboe

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Opening hours The cafe and other public areas of the building are open 9.00pm- 5.00pm Monday to Friday. There are weekly tours of the wholebuilding for more information see website Laban. Please do notcome to the building expecting to be able to see the wholebuilding as the students are the main priority and Laban needs tokeep the disruption to a minimum, thanks for you understanding.

. How to get thereThe Docklands Light Railway (DLR) offers a frequent service toCutty Sark station which is a few minutes walk from Laban. TheDLR joins to the London Underground at Monument / Bank(Central, Circle and District Lines), Shadwell (East London Line),Canary Wharf (Jubilee Line) and Stratford (Central Line). At CuttySark turn right out of the station and right again on to CreekRoad. Take the second left after the bridge, Creekside and Labanis a on your left. (10 min walk)

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Laban Dance Centre.

AddressCreekside SE 8 3DZ LondonUnited Kingdomhttp://www.laban.org

. The building is designed by award-winning architects Herzog & deMeuron. Purpose-built for dance training, it is the largest andbest equipped contemporary dance school in Europe. The fullyaccessible building supports the needs of dance with specialistfacilities. By day the building's semi-translucent cladding allowstraces of dance and movement to be visible through the walls. Bynight, the building becomes a coloured beacon with light andmovemnt spilling out illuminating the surrounding area. Onlycertain sections (cafe, pilates studio and health suite) of thebuilding are open to the public on a daily basis. However, theyoffering weekly guided tours, for more information or to book atour see the guided tours section or contact the ExternalRelations team [email protected]

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Completion.


7800 m.

Architect.

Herzog and De Meuron. Structural engineer.

Whitby Bird & Partners. Landscape designer.

Vogt Landschaftarchitekten. Artist.

Michael Craig-Martin. Theatre consultant.

Carr & Angier. Contractor.

Ballast Construction. Project manager.

ARUP. Client.

The Laban Centre.

Contributed by.

Marieke_Mannens.


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Opening hoursThe building is ONLY OPEN for the public during exhibitions!Check the Schaulager website for info. Tue, Wed, Fri noon 6p.m. Thu noon 7 p.m. Sat, Sun 10 a.m. 5 p.m.

. How to get thereBy tram: Take tram No. 11, bound for Aesch, at the Swiss RailwayStation SBB to "Schaulager" stop (approx. 10 min.).

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Schaulager.

AddressRuchfeldstrasse 19CH-4142 BaselSwitzerlandhttp://www.schaulager.org/

. The Schaulager ('viewing warehouse') is neither museum nortraditional warehouse. It keeps the Emanuel Hoffmann collectionin optimal condition and is primarily accessible for specialists:conservators, curators, researchers etc. The heavy outer wall isbuilt up in layers and its outer surface scratched, exposing thepebbles excavated on site. This material is not only a visualexpression of weight and storage but also, as a result of its greatinertia, an essential factor in the interior climate control. On oneside the box is somewhat indented, creating a forecourt, so thatthe entrance side is visible from great distance. It appears to beguarded by a small building with a gabled roof. The courtyard-likespace radiates urbanism and publicness. Schaulager is thus notsimply an anonymous box on the urban periphery, but rather aplace that is active and self-confident, expanding the publicdimension of the city of Basel to the south, towards the newdistrict of Dreispitz/Mnchenstein.

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Completion.


16500 m.

Architect.


Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation -Laurenz Foundation

.Contributed by

.MI_MOA

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photo: Marco De Trizio . photo: Marco De Trizio.

photo: Marco De Trizio

Opening hours

. How to get there

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Allschwilerstrasse Residential andOffice Building

.AddressAllschwilerstrasse 904055 BaselSwitzerland

. This is the first large building in Basel by Herzog and De Meuron.The rectangular lot is slightly curved along its length, so the mainfaade follows this curve. The building is located in an upscaleresidential area in Basel, not too far from the city centre.

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Completion.

1988.

Architect.


Contributed by.

Marco_De_Trizio.


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photo: Kevin Guyer .

photo: Kevin Guyer

Opening hours24/7

. How to get there

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1111 Lincoln Road.

AddressLincoln Road 1111Miami Beach Florida 33139United Stateshttp://www.1111lincolnroad.com/

. This project, due to open in early 2010, is a Herzog and DeMeuron-designed mixed-use building. 1111 Lincoln Road will be ajutting, strutting building, a study in form and structure. Allmuscle without clothing, according to Jacques Herzog. It willreinterpret the essence of Tropical Modernism-crisp structuresand ocean-liner planes with an original, modern twist. Angularexterior cutouts will allow natural light and the Miami landscapewithin, infusing the 13 retail spaces, 4 restaurant spaces, 4residential units and parking garage with a dynamic energy. Caraccess will curve through the center cavity and panoramiclayouts will display retail units and spectacular city views.Located on Lincoln Road, Miami Beach's premier pedestrianpromenade, the building will offer an entirely new context forretail, residential, dining and parking experiences (text fromproject's website).

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Project is public!.

Completion.

2010.

Architect.


Contributed by.

Kevin_Guyer.


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Opening hours

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Elsssertor II.

AddressCentralbahnstrasse 44051 BaselSwitzerland

. This commercial and office building next to Basel's main trainstation sits between the train tracks and the Centralbahnstrasse,a major thoroughfare. The faades along the building's length(facing the street and the tracks) consist of floor-height glasspanels tilted at various angles, giving off a fractured reflection ofthe surrounding historic context. The shorter sides of the buildingare indented to allow for open public space. These faades are adouble-skin, with the outer layer of glass screen-printed with acolored dot pattern (red on one side, blue on the other). Thisgives a soft colored glow to the exterior, but (unlike tinted glass)allows clear daylight into the office interior.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

2005.

Architect.


Contributed by.

evanc.


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photo: Piotr Krajewski .

photo: Piotr KrajewskiOpening hours

. How to get there17/19 Rue des Suisses/Rue Jonquoy, 14th

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Rue des Suisses.

AddressRue des Suisses 1775014 ParisFrancehttp://17ruedessuisses.mirrorz.com/

. This is the first project in Paris by the Herzog De Meuron team onan unusual site in the 14th Arrondisement not far from GareMontparnesse. The result of a 1966 competition sponsored by theParis public housing agency Rgie Immobilire de la Paris (RVIP),the project is built on three interconnected parcels that includeinfill sites on two sides of a long perimeter block that face a longnarrow plot on the interior of the block. The infill buildings arebuilt to the neighbourhood height of 7 floors, while the interiorslab is only 3 floors in height. Entry to the interior of the block ismade beneath the infill buildings. In addition to the 4 storydifference in building height, the long narrow block designed as afree-standing element in a long narrow garden and is protectedwith curving rolling wooden blinds that are in sharp contrast tothe folding metal blinds that cover the faades of the streetbuildings. The three buildings contain about 60 flats andbasement parking.

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Completion.

2000.

Architect.


Contributed by.

piotr_krajewski.


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photo: Marloes Faber .photo: Marloes Faber

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photo: Marloes Faber

Opening hoursFor 5 Francs you will get a nice guide tour (not allowed to go inthere by yourself).

. How to get thereWe made a very long walk. It must be easier to go there by bike,tram etc etc

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Pfaffenholz sport centre.

AddressRue Saint Exupery 568300 Saint-LouisFrance

. The central sports hall in the Pfaffenholz centre by Herzog and deMeuron, lies partly underground. The building is not more thanapparent but deceptively simple composition of spatial volumes.Great.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

1993.

Architect.


Brgerspital Basel.

Contributed by.

Marloes_Faber.


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photo: Marloes Faber . photo: Marloes Faber.

photo: Monique van den Berg

Opening hoursBasel United Stadion-Management AG, responsible for theprofessional marketing of the St. Jakob Park, helps to plan andstage events professionally and provide guided tours of the St.Jakob Park are offered (to book in advance).

. How to get thereIt is easy to get there by tram.

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St. Jakob Park.

AddressSt. Jakobs-Strasse 3954052 BaselSwitzerlandhttp://www.st-jakob-park.com/

. St. Jakob Park is the stadium where FC Basel play. "Joggeli" as itis nicknamed, has a current capacity of 39'000 seats.Switzerland's first multi-purpose stadium, was inaugurated in2001 after just two and half years under construction. Situated onthe south-eastern edge of the city in extensive park andrecreation grounds, the world-renowned Basel architects Herzog& De Meuron have constructed an "experience park", which, withits unique dimension, bold architecture and ultramoderninfrastructure, provides the optimum setting for large-scaleevents. It combines a football stadium with shops andrestaurants.

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Project is public!.

Completion.

2001.

Architect.


Basel United + City of Basel.

Contributed by.

Marloes_Faber.


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photo: Marieke Mannens .

photo: Marieke Mannens.

photo: Marieke Mannens

Opening hours

. How to get there

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REHAB Basel.

AddressIm Burgfelderhof 404056 BaselSwitzerlandhttp://www.rehab.ch

. You expect clinics to look, well, clinical, modernist, austerelyimmaculate boxes, hygienically white inside and out. REHABBasel is a privately run rehabilitation clinic for patients withspinal-cord or brain injuries, they can stay here up to 18 months.It appears residential and natural, though not with a funky,down-home earthiness, but crispy modern. Here, oak, pine,larch, and ironwoods enclose and screen exterior walls, and arectilinear plan brings daylight and landscape into its precinctsthrough courtyards, grassy roofs, glazed walls, upper-level decks,and skylights. The double and single rooms have daylight fromabove and an outside balcony. The indoor swimming pool offersviews into the sky from a pyramid-like dome above. The floorsare very wide, open giving wheelchair-bound patients a sense ofautonomy. Almost a place where anyone would like to live.

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Completion.


24000 m.

Main designer, Architect.

Herzog and De Meuron. Landscape architect.

August Knzel. Acoustics consultant.

Martin Lienhard. Client.

Rehab Basel AG.

Contributed by.

Marieke_Mannens.


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photo: Carlos Dias . photo: Carlos Dias.

photo: goa

Opening hoursEvery day from 10.00 - 20.00.

. How to get thereLocated near Atocha metro station.

.

Caixa Forum Madrid.

AddressPaseo del Prado 3628014 MadridSpainhttp://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/centros/caixaforummadrid_es.html

. Caixa Forum Madrid is a cultural centre, offering two floors ofexhibition space, a restaurant, an auditorium and an excellentbookshop. The structure is a conversion of a former power stationand is located in the cultural heart of Madrid, near some ofSpain's most important museums. The visual image of the Forumis determined by the two faades facing the Paseo del Prado. Oneof these is covered by green plants, creating a vertical garden.The other faade consists of a Cor-ten steel addition, built on topof the existing brick complex.

.

Project is public!.

Completion.


1720 m.

Architect, Urban planner.


'La Caixa' Foundation.

Contributed by.

goa.


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photo: Evan Chakroff .

photo: Evan Chakroff.


Opening hours

. How to get there

.

Ricola Storage Building.

AddressBaselstrasse 914242 LaufenSwitzerlandhttp://www.ricola.com/index.cfm?uuid=981794192B351571ED13FB7F610F47C6

. This is a mechanized warehouse had to be built for herbs andherbal throat drops. The structure appears to rest on ribs whichcan be seen protruding below the bottom-most of these layers.They are attached to the slab which has been cast directly on therocky ground forming the foundation of the warehouse. Becauseof the open structure which is formed, the yellow colour of thethermal insulation can be detected between the panels. The onlyexception to this is on the side exposed to the weather, where asilver foil offers additional protection against moisture. Thearchitects have given various reasons for the shape of the shell.All of them have to do with the stacking of materials: planks piledto dry, or panels of cement, or even the shelves of the new hall.In images like these, which they called upon when creating thedesign, the function and construction of the warehouse arerendered congruent in a complex fashion. (text from websiteRicola)

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Completion.


450 m.

Architect.


Ricola AG.

Contributed by.

evanc.


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photo: Thom Mckenzie . photo: Thom Mckenzie.

photo: Thom MckenzieOpening hours

. How to get thereSubway: Take the 6 Line to Bleeker St or the B,D,F, V Lines toBroadway-Lafayette.

.

40 Bond.

AddressBond Street 40New York New York 10012United Stateshttp://www.40bond.com/

. This luxury apartment building on 40 Bond Street in New York,designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is a sparkling reinterpretationof the traditional cast iron and brick loft buildings of thesurrounding area. The 11-storey building contains 27 luxuryapartments and 5 townhouses, creating a new typology ofapartments which combine housing with the services andamenities of a 5-star hotel. The faade is constructed of concretewrapped in blackened copper and luminescent curved glass. Thematerials of the faade have been treated in numerous wayswhich create an ornamental ground floor and shimmering upperfloors that respond to changes in light. At street level the privateentrances to the townhouses are protected by a large castaluminium graffiti-inspired gate. The building fits comfortablyinto its context by reinterpreting the typical Noho loft buildingsand their materiality whilst standing out through the interestingand unique use of new materials and manufacturing processes.

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Completion.

2007.

Architect.


Ian Schrager.

Contributed by.

thom.


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Opening hoursSunday Thursday, 10.0018.00 Friday and Saturday, 10.0022.00 Last admission into exhibitions 17.15 (Friday and Saturday 21.15) Saturday 23 December, close at 18.00 Closed 24, 25 and 26December (open as normal on 1 January).

. How to get thereTate Modern is located on the south bank of the River Thames atBankside, near Blackfriars Bridge, opposite St Paul's Cathedraland next to the Globe Theatre. By boat: Tate boat runs everyforty minutes along the Thames between Tate Britain, the LondonEye and Tate Modern. By Underground: Southwark (Jubilee Line)and Blackfriars (District and Circle Lines) are the closestunderground stations both of which are approximately tenminutes walk away. Bus: RV1, 45, 63, 100, 381, 344.

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Tate Modern.

AddressBankside Jetty SE1 9TG LondonUnited Kingdomhttp://www.tate.org.uk/modern/

. The former Bankside power station consists of a huge turbinehall, a thirty-five m high and 152 m long entrance area withramped access, as well as a display space for very largesculptural projects. Parallel to it the boiler house, where now thegalleries are housed. Above the original roofline of the powerstation the then relatively little known Swiss architects added atwo-storey glass penthouse; the lightbeam. This houses acaf-restaurant with stunning views of the river and the City, andthe lower a membersroom with terraces on both sides of thebuilding. The chimney was capped by a coloured light featuredesigned by the artist Michael Craig-Martin, known as the SwissLight. The redevelopment of the redundant Bankside PowerStation is a key to the regeneration of the area. Tate Modern isthe national gallery of international modern art. Located inLondon, it is one of the family of 4 Tate galleries which displayselections from the Tate Collection.

.

Project is public!.

Completion.

2000.

Architect.

Herzog and De Meuron. Artist.

Michael Craig-Martin. Client.

Tate.

Contributed by.

boeboe.


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Opening hours

. How to get there

.

Hotel Astoria Luzern.

AddressPilatusstrasse 296002 LuzernSwitzerlandhttp://www.astoria-luzern.ch/

. This extension to the existing hotel was designed by Herzog & deMeuron and hosts 12 light-flooded conference rooms with state ofthe art infrastructure, as well as 90 new and spacious hotelrooms which are especially desingned for global nomads (textfrom website hotel).

.

Project is public!.

Completion.

2007.

Architect.


Contributed by.

Marco_De_Trizio.


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Opening hours

. How to get thereThe Docklands Light Railway (DLR) offers a frequent service toCutty Sark station which is a few minutes walk from Laban. TheDLR joins to the London Underground at Monument / Bank(Central, Circle and District Lines), Shadwell (East London Line),Canary Wharf (Jubilee Line) and Stratford (Central Line). At CuttySark turn right out of the station and right again on to CreekRoad. Take the second left after the bridge, Creekside and Labanis a on your left. (10 min walk)

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Folding Landscape.

AddressCreekside SE 8 3DZ LondonUnited Kingdomhttp://www.laban.org

. The Laban dance school is located in Deptford, an industrialdistrict to the southwest of London. The design of the garden infront of the building by Herzog and De Meuron reflects theinterior of the building, which is characterized by ramps. The wayto the main entrance of the building leads in a slightly zigzagcourse through a hilly landscape created by bending and folding.The sloping lawns and geometric hills form a lively landscape. Asin a natural landscape, chains of hills and dales form extremelydissimilar situations that can be variously used, for example thelawn steps as a performance room in the sense of anamphitheatre. The modeling of the ground also made it possibleto dispose of the existing, contaminated soil on the building sideof the site at a reasonable cost. The decision to refrain fromplanting trees was based on ecological considerations: a rarebird, the black redstart, would otherwise have been hunted bybirds of prey lurking in the trees.

.

Project is public!.

Completion.


7245 m.

Landscape architect.

Vogt Landschaftarchitekten. Client.

The Laban Centre.

Contributed by.

MI_MOA.


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photo: Jeroen Meijer . photo: Jeroen Meijer.

photo: Jeroen Meijer

Opening hours

. How to get thereLeymen is a small French rural village, south-east of Basel on theD23. It is just on the other side of the border from Biel-Benken.There is good public transport (tramway) from Basel.

.

Haus Rudin.

AddressOff Rue du Waldeck LeymenFrance

. With a simple volume and a gabled roof, Herzog & de Meuronhave overdrawn the situation to a certain extent. The typecorresponds to what is generally understood to be a 'house', yetthe building is nevertheless different. The exterior form could bedescribed as the prototype of a house, as the architectsthemselves claim, yet it also plays with a children's drawing. Onthe other hand, it evokes the impression of a view of a monolithicblock, albeit a raised one, floating above the ground. Thecantilevered floors, which project from the outside of thebuilding, appear like a presentation tableau, raising the housewhile distancing it from its context. The building also producesthe impression of being a compact volume because roofoverhangs are missing. In stark contrast to the grey exterior,there are soft colours inside and the lapidary spatial concept iscountered by the unusual access from below and the high spaceabove the stairs.

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Completion.

1998.

Architect.


Hanspeter Rudin.

Contributed by.

jpmm.


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photo: Dirk Verwoerd . photo: Oliver Heissner.

photo: Dirk Verwoerd

Opening hours

. How to get thereSubway U3 to Baumwall, then walk for a few minutes.

.

Elbphilharmonie.

AddressKaispeicher A 20457 HamburgGermanyhttp://www.elbphilharmonie.de/

. Hamburg will receive an unequalled trade mark with itsElbphilharmonie. The structure is growing upwards onKaispeicher A. According to plans by architect WernerKallmorgen, the warehouse was built between 1963 and 1966, andSwiss architects Herzog & de Meuron are now erecting aspectacular concert venue on its roof. The core of this mighty andstriking structure was completely removed but its cubic shapeand brick faades remain intact. Thus, a worldwide uniquearchitectural hybrid is created, complemented with an additionalfive-star hotel with 250 rooms and 45 residences.

.

Project is public!.

Completion.


120000 m.

Architect.


Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Bau,represented by ReGe HamburgProjekt-Realisierungsgesellschaft

.Contributed by

.MI_MOA

.


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photo: Matthijs van der Sluis .

photo: Matthijs van der Sluis.

photo: Matthijs van der Sluis

Opening hours

. How to get there

.

Subcentral Elctrica 22@.

AddressCarrer de Tnger 08018 BarcelonaSpain

. In the newly built office area of 22@ in Barcelona, this was oneof the first buildings to be completed. This newly developedneighborhood is situated between the Torre Agbar by JeanNouvel and the Forum area where the exposition building byHerzog and De Meuron is located. The facade is made out ofochre-died concrete, covered with steel cables, on which plantsgrow in a pre-designed pattern.

.


Completion.


1500 m.

Architect.

Victor Rahola Aguad.

Contributed by.

MatthijsvanderSluis.


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photo: Naomi SchiphorstOpening hours

. How to get thereThe Fnf Hfe is located in the very heart of the city, just a fewhundred meters from Marienplatz. The Fnf Hfe is locatedbetween Theatinerstrae, Salvatorstrae, Maffeistrae, andKardinal-Faulhaber-Strae. The five courtyards are calledAmirahof, Maffeihof, Perusahof, Portiahof, and Viscadihof.

.

Five Courtyards.

AddressTheatinerstrasse 1480333 MunichGermanyhttp://www.fuenfhoefe.de

. In the 20th century this area used to be Munich's central bankingdistrict. As the various banks merged into one it was suddenlyfound that the entire area belonged to one entity. So in 1998 theHypoVereinsbank decided to move their offices elsewhere andtransform the remaining buildings into a modern center forshopping, restaurants & cafes, art galleries (among which theKunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung), office space, and residentialapartments and public art. This network of passages and innercourtyards is an absolute pleasure to stroll through. The FnfHfe is literally an area of five connected courtyards. Everysection has its own character. In one area there are giant ivies -over 10 meters long - hanging from the ceiling. Another courtyardis actually a hortus conclusus. Many other designers contributedto the gesamtkunstwerk.

.

Project is public!.

Completion.


24000 m.

Main designer, Architect.

Herzog and De Meuron. Landscape architect.

Burger + TischerLandschaftsarchitekten

. Architect

.Hilmer & Sattler and Albrecht

. Architect

.Ivano Gianola

.Contributed by

.Naomi

.


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photo: Wojtek Gurak . photo: Wojtek Gurak.

photo: Wojtek Gurak

Opening hours

. How to get thereThe Olympic Stadium is situated at the Olympic Green, at theNorth end of the city within close proximity to the BeijingInternational Airport.

.

Birds Nest National Stadium.

AddressOlympic Green BeijingChinahttp://en.beijing2008.cn/

. The National Stadium is dubbed the "bird's nest" because of theappearance of its innovative grid formation. The twig-likestructural elements and the bowl-shaped roof are themasterpiece of the project, yet they posed great challenges fortechnicians and workers to make the building stand on its ownfeet. The National Stadium will host the Olympic opening andclosing ceremonies, and athletics and football competitions.After the Olympic Games, it will become a center for sports andcultural activities and other creative industries. Its post-Gamesuse is under extensive planning. A four-star hotel is to be built onthe northern side of the stadium's stands. When completed, itwill accommodate spectators who want to experience the nightelegance of the "Bird's Nest."

.

Project is public!.

Completion.


258000 m.

Architect.


People's Government of Beijing,Municipality of Beijing

.Contributed by

.Naomi

.


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photo: Beat Marugg . photo: Beat Marugg.

photo: Beat Marugg

Opening hours

. How to get thereMetro: L4 yellow line - Stop "Maresme/Frum". Bus: Lines 7 - 36 -41 - 43 - 141. NitBus: N6. Tramway: Line 1, Stop Trambess:Frum. All these stops are located just a few minutes walkingaway from the CCIB.

.

International Convention Center(CCIB)

.AddressAvinguda Diagonal 108019 BarcelonaSpainhttp://www.ccib.es/

. This multi-purpose cultural building includes a very largeauditorium, a multi-functional performing space, exhibitionspaces, meeting rooms, and a restaurant and foyer, in addition totechnical services, loading docks, storage spaces, and car parkingon two levels. It was part of the controversial 2004 UniversalForum of Cultures in Barcelona and has 45 translucent halls,spread over 3 floors, 2 mezzanines and a basement. The CCIB andthe neighboring building Forum Auditorium (by Swiss architectsHerzog and De Meuron), are linked to each other by a20-meter-wide underground walkway. Mateo 'explains': I havegone back to loving the precision of iron: normal, but monstrous,banal but not domestic, superhuman. The mega structure is seenproudly in the East faade, opposite the elegant neighbouringtriangle. The bones are covered in the rest of the building.

.

Project is public!.

Completion.


67000 m.

Architect.

Mateo Arquitectura. Lighting designer.

Biosca & Botey. Structural engineer.

Brufau, Obiol, Moya & Ass. Client.

Ajuntament de Barcelona.

Contributed by.

MI_MOA.


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photo: Francisco NogueiraOpening hours

. How to get thereMetro: L4 - Stop "Maresme/Frum" Bus: Lines 7 - 36 - 41 - 43 -141 NitBus: N6 Tramway: Line 1, Stop Trambess: Frum

.

Forum Building.

AddressAvinguda Diagonal 108019 BarcelonaSpainhttp://www.barcelona2004.org/

. The Forum Building is a triangular measuring 180 meters on eachside and 25 meters in height, located within the triangle formedby the surrounding streets. It is considered by some to be an iconof the "New Barcelona ". However, local opinion on its aestheticand functional merits is deeply divided. It was the symbol of thecontroversial 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures and the seriousflaws that arose during its construction were widely covered inboth the Spanish national and foreign press. It has lain emptysince the Forum and is beginning to show marked deterioration.The building is structured around an auditorium with a capacityto hold 3,200 people. The seating is below the Forum Plaza level.The upper part is suspended from the triangular superstructuremeasuring 180 meters per side that covers the plaza, and rests on17 pillars. From it, the exhibit hall and the roof of the auditoriumare suspended. The exhibition hall covers nearly 5,000 m2.

.

Project is public!.

Completion.

2004.

Architect.


Universal Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004

.Contributed by

.Naomi

.


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photo: Marco De Trizio .

photo: Marco De Trizio.


Opening hours

. How to get there

.

Euregio Office Building.

AddressViaduktstrasse 40-444051 BaselSwitzerland

. This is the first Richard Meier building in Switzerland, and it iscladded in white aluminium sheeting. The white walls, combinedwith the grey granite for the floor, create an harmonious spacefor the offices. The building is located near the SBB train station,in front of Herzog and De Meuron's new offices 'Elsassertor II'.

.


Completion.


35000 m.

Architect.

Richard Meier.

Contributed by.

Marco_De_Trizio.


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Opening hours

. How to get there

.

Suva House.

AddressSt. Jakobs-Strasse 534052 BaselSwitzerland

. This building was originally built in 1950 and was designed foroffices. Around 1990, Herzog and De Meuron integrated thebuilding with a new addition, designed for residential use. Bothstructures were encased in a glass skin on the street faades.

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Completion.

1993.

Architect.


Contributed by.

Marco_De_Trizio.


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Opening hours

. How to get there

.

Cottbus University Library.

Addresskarl-marx strasse 4303044 CottbusGermanyhttp://www.tu-cottbus.de/einrichtungen/de/ikmz/

. An organic, amoeba-like form, it is not immediately obviouswhich is the front and which is the rear of the building. Inside,too, the seven upper and two basement levels of the library areall different in design: only their external form stays the same. But it is not only the design of the academic library - with itsbrightly coloured spiral staircase coiling upwards - which isunique; so too is its organisational form. The Information,Communication and Media Center (ICMC) at BrandenburgTechnical University in Cottbus creates close proximity betweenareas which other universities have traditionally kept apart - inboth physical and institutional terms. Behind the milky glassfaade, imprinted with letters from many alphabets, the library,multimedia centre, computer centre and data processing unit allwork hand in hand. (text from the Goethe Institut website)

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Project is public!.

Completion.


12667 m.

Architect.


Contributed by.

evanc.


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photo: Yann Martin .

photo: Olivier van den Hoven.

photo: Olivier van den Hoven

Opening hoursopened daily from 11am till 8pm (also on Sundays)

. How to get therethe Omotesando metrostation is on the Ginza line, the Chiyodaline and the Hanzoumon line. Take exit A3 and walk into thestreet called Minami-Aoyama. after a short walk you get to thePrada epicenter.

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Prada Aoyama epicenter.

AddressMinami-Aoyama 5-2-6107-0062 TokyoJapanhttp://www.prada.com/

. Haute couture and star architecture have grown to understandeach other rather well in the recent years. Major fashion brandsdistinguish themselves by inviting world leading architects toindulge themselves in the design of flagshipstores andextravagant showrooms. The highest density worldwide of suchstate of the art showpieces can arguably be found on and aroundTokyo's Omotesando. One of the most impressive contributions tothis phenomenon is the Prada 'epicenter'. This 33 meter highbuilding has a faade like a membrane which is built out of wedgeshaped elements that frame flat, convex and concave windows.These element also form the outer structure of the building.Closed horizontal bracings not only make the frame rigid, but alsohouse the more private dressing rooms within this transparentbuilding. Everything about the building tells us that money wasnot an issue. But perhaps the most costly design choice of all wasto leave a large part of the expensive plot un-built.

.

Project is public!.

Completion.


2860 m.

Architect.

Herzog and De Meuron. Lighting designer.

ARUP. Associate architect.

Takenaka Corporation. Client.

Prada Japan Co Ltd.

Contributed by.

olivier_van_den_hoven.


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photo: Marloes Faber .

photo: Marloes Faber.

photo: Marloes Faber

Opening hours

. How to get thereClose to the city centre. There is a post office opposite thebuilding.

.

Apartment building.

AddressSchutzenmattstrasse 114051 BaselSwitzerland

. Sinuous cast-iron screens are used in the faade of thisapartment building. They resemble drain grilles. This inventiveuse of unexpected but ordinary and readily available things istypical for the work of Herzog and De Meuron. "Somethingmysterious is revealed in the normality of everyday life".

.


Completion.

1993.

Architect.


unknown.

Contributed by.

Marloes_Faber.


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