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Jacques Herzog
Jacques Herzog co-founded Herzog & de Meuron in Basel with Pierre de Meuron in 1978.
Background & practice
Jacques Herzog co-founded Herzog & de Meuron in Basel with Pierre de Meuron in 1978. Both studied at ETH Zürich and developed careers that include teaching and built work. The Pritzker biography identifies the conversion of London's Bankside Power Station into Tate Modern, alongside projects such as the Ricola Storage Building and Dominus Winery. It also describes collaboration with artists as part of the practice's development.
How to read the work
Develop architecture through team discussion and exchanges with artists, examining how material decisions and transformations of existing buildings can give familiar programmes a distinctive physical and cultural presence.
Co-founder and joint laureate explicitly named; works are attributed to the practice collaboration.
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