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Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd. was founded in 1978 in Basel, Switzerland, by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, graduates of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) in 1977. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The firm initially gained recognition for minimalist designs and innovative use of materials, such as the Blue House in Oberwil (1980) [ 6 ] and ...
The Congress Center Basel is located downtown, next to Basel Exhibition Center (Messe Basel). The new Herzog & de Meuron building [1] of Basel Exhibition Center is directly linked to the Congress Center Basel. The Congress Center's facilities include the multifunctional event hall on the ground floor of the new building.
In addition to a restaurant, the Meret Oppenheim high-rise contains both offices and residential spaces. The building houses an editorial base for Swiss Radio and Television. The architects of the Meret Oppenheim high-rise are the Basel-based firm Herzog & de Meuron. The square between the tower and the southern station entrance via the ...
Herzog & de Meuron Roche Tower 2 ( German : Roche Turm Bau 2 ) is an Office skyscraper in Basel , Switzerland . [ 1 ] With a height of 205 metres (673 ft), the building replaced Roche Tower 1 as the tallest building in Switzerland after it opened on 2 September 2022.
Roche Tower (German: Roche-Turm) is an office skyscraper in the Swiss city of Basel. At 178 metres (584 ft), it is the second tallest building in the country. [1] The building, also known as "Building 1" (German: Bau 1), was financed by pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche and designed by Herzog & de Meuron. It cost 550 million Swiss francs ...
Pierre de Meuron (born 8 May 1950) is a Swiss architect and co-founder, alongside Jacques Herzog, of the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron. [1] [2]Among the firm's most recognized projects are the transformation of the Bankside Power Station into the Tate Modern in London, the design of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, and the creation of the Beijing National Stadium, commonly ...
The Schaulager in Münchenstein/Basel. The Schaulager is a museum in Newmünchenstein, a sub-district of Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland.. Built in 2002/2003 under commission of the Laurenz Foundation, it was designed by the renowned architectural office of Herzog & de Meuron, the Schaulager opened in 2003.
The museum is located on the historic street St. Alban-Vorstadt in Basel. In 1991, the foundation bought the building at St. Alban-Vorstadt 28, which was subsequently restored and extended by Herzog & de Meuron Architects. [3] In May 1996, the new Karikatur & Cartoon Museum Basel was opened to the public. In 2009, it was renamed Cartoonmuseum ...