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AV 157-158. Herzog & De Meuron 2005-2013

Publisher:Arquitectura Viva

ISBN: 978-84-6162-340-2

  • Paperback
  • English, Spanish
  • 294 Pages
  • Feb 1, 2013

In this third monograph by AV (Arquitectura Viva) devoted to Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron 35 recent projects are nicely documented.

The first AV on Herzog & De Meuon was published in 1999, and dealt with the career of the Swiss since their beginnings in the now mythical Basel carnival of 1978, and up to the Ricola Marketing Building, a project developed in 1997 that was a turning point in their career. The second monographic AV on Herzog & De Meuon appeared in 2005, and went from Munich’s Fünf Höfe to the Allianz Arena, then just completed in the same city, as well as the Beijing Olympic Stadium, under construction at the time. The latter was wrapped up in 2007, in time for the Games the following year, and this occasion prompted the edition of a book - Herzog & de Meuron 1978-2007 - which summed up thirty years of work in fifty projects, divided into two groups of twenty-five by the aforementioned Ricola, and whose content proceeded mostly from the two previous monographs.

Unlike the previous ones, this third monograph includes urban projects, which have always been present in their theoretical production – from the 1991-1992 ‘Eine Stadt im Werden’ urban study for their home town to the many projects with the students of ETH Basel –, but have taken physical form only now, with the Burgos Boulevard and the Lyon Confluence plan. In the two cities, Herzog & de Meuron propose alternatives to contemporary urbanism that, leaving behind the withered dogmas of 20th century modernity, depart both from a nostalgic traditionalism anchored in the traces of the 19th century and from the formalist spectacle that seeks 21st century urbanity in sculptural gestures. These are proposals that deserve to be discussed, without letting their refreshing approach go unnoticed among the usual crop of exquisite objects.

In this third monograph by AV (Arquitectura Viva) devoted to Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron 35 recent projects are nicely documented.

The first AV on Herzog & De Meuon was published in 1999, and dealt with the career of the Swiss since their beginnings in the now mythical Basel carnival of 1978, and up to the Ricola Marketing Building, a project developed in 1997 that was a turning point in their career. The second monographic AV on Herzog & De Meuon appeared in 2005, and went from Munich’s Fünf Höfe to the Allianz Arena, then just completed in the same city, as well as the Beijing Olympic Stadium, under construction at the time. The latter was wrapped up in 2007, in time for the Games the following year, and this occasion prompted the edition of a book - Herzog & de Meuron 1978-2007 - which summed up thirty years of work in fifty projects, divided into two groups of twenty-five by the aforementioned Ricola, and whose content proceeded mostly from the two previous monographs.

Unlike the previous ones, this third monograph includes urban projects, which have always been present in their theoretical production – from the 1991-1992 ‘Eine Stadt im Werden’ urban study for their home town to the many projects with the students of ETH Basel –, but have taken physical form only now, with the Burgos Boulevard and the Lyon Confluence plan. In the two cities, Herzog & de Meuron propose alternatives to contemporary urbanism that, leaving behind the withered dogmas of 20th century modernity, depart both from a nostalgic traditionalism anchored in the traces of the 19th century and from the formalist spectacle that seeks 21st century urbanity in sculptural gestures. These are proposals that deserve to be discussed, without letting their refreshing approach go unnoticed among the usual crop of exquisite objects.


This issue of AV Monografías features the following projects:

TEA, 1999-2008, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain)
Plaza de España, 1999-2008, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain)
Museum der Kulturen, 2001-2010, Basel (Switzerland)
CaixaForum Madrid, 2001-2008, Madrid (Spain)
Messe Basel New Hall, 2004-2013, Basel (Switzerland)
National Stadium, 2002-2008, Beijing (China)
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 2003-, Hamburg (Germany)
St. Jakob Tower, 2003-2008, Basel (Switzerland)
40 Bond Apartment Building, 2004-2007, New York (USA)
The Tate Modern Project, 2004-, London (UK)
1111 Lincoln Road, 2005-2010, Miami (USA)
Espacio Goya, 2005-, Zaragoza (Spain)
Actelion Business Center, 2005-2010, Allschwil (Switzerland)
Park Avenue Armory, 2006-, New York (USA)
VitraHaus, 2006-2009, Weil am Rhein (Germany)
Burgos Bulevar, 2006-2012, Burgos (Spain)
Central Police Station, 2006-, Hong Kong (China)
56 Leonard Street, 2006-, New York (USA)
Pérez Art Museum Miami, 2006-, Miami (USA)
Triangle, 2006-, Paris (France)
New Headquarters for BBVA, 2008-, Madrid (Spain)
Porta Volta Feltrinelli Foundation, 2008-, Milan (Italy)
Kolkata Museum of Modern Art, KMOMA, 2008-, Kolkata (India)
Atelier in Düsseldorf, 2008-2011, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Cultural Complex Luz, 2009-, São Paulo (Brazil)
Roche Building 1, 2009-, Basel (Switzerland)
Parrish Art Museum, 2009-2012, Water Mill, New York (USA)
Barranca Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 2009-, Guadalajara (Mexico)
Lyon Confluence 2, Master Plan, 2009-, Lyon (France)
Stade Bordeaux Atlantique, 2010-, Bordeaux (France)
Pavilion at a lakeside, 2010-2011
Volkshaus Basel Phase 1, 2010-, Basel (Switzerland)
Schaulager Satellite, 2011-2012, Messeplatz / Art Basel, Basel (Switzerland)
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2011-2012, London (UK)

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