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  Herzog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1889-1959), Chief Rabbi of Ireland and of Israel.
Chaim Herzog (1918–1997), sixth prime minister of Israel; son of Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog.
Jacques Herzog (born 1950), Swiss architect, founder of Herzog and de Meuron.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herzog   (156 words)

  
 Faculty Profile
In 1978 de Meuron and Jacques Herzog established their office and became Herzog and de Meuron in 1997.
In 2001 Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were awarded The Pritzker Architecture Prize for their complete works.
Herzog and de Meuron received international attention very early in their career with the Blue House (completed 1980) in Oberwil, Switzerland; the Stone House in Tavole, Italy (1988); and the Apartment Building along a Party Wall in Basel (1988).
www.gsd.harvard.edu /people/faculty/herzog   (434 words)

  
 departures.com | Clean, Well-lighted Places   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are best known as the architects of the Tate Modern, but they have also created stunning private museums in Europe--and now in America.
Herzog and de Meuron's most compelling exhibition spaces, however, may be those it has created for museums that are not public but private.
Herzog and de Meuron's private museums range from those designed for the exclusive use of the patron, like the studio the architects built for their artist friend Rémy Zaugg in Mulhouse, France, to the Küppersmühle Museum in Duisburg, Germany, a public space displaying the collection of one man, Hans Grothe.
www.departures.com /ad/ad_0102_herzogarchitect.html   (3564 words)

  
 Allianz Arena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Herzog and de Meuron have earned their reputation by continually exceeding public expectations and dreaming up new solutions for exteriors and facades, astounding observers time and again.
Herzog dismisses critics who reckon the whole thing is just smoke and mirrors: "Effects, light, top players, drama, it's all part of the show in football," he responds, naming his mission as providing the appropriate stage and scenery.
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have designed a diverse range of projects including blocks of flats, factories, locomotive sheds and university libraries, but they are best known for stadia and museums.
www.allianz-arena.de /en/news/arch/12731.php   (722 words)

  
 NAI Web File Herzog & De Meuron
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron co-founded their office in 1978, turning a friendship that dated from childhood into a professional relationship as well.
For example, when Herzog and de Meuron seek out collaboration with artists, they are not interested primarily in the works of art themselves but in the stance or approach behind them.
This is the fascination of art for Herzog and de Meuron, and this is their reason to seek out conversation with artists and ask them to collaborate on one or more projects.
www.nai.nl /e/extras_e/webfile_hdm/hdm_coll.html   (603 words)

  
 herzog&demeuron
Herzog and de Meuron, by contrast, are a more refined and subtle pleasure.
  The Herzog and de Meuron Prada is all diamonds — on the surface, in the shape of the structural elements, in the geometry of the building itself.
Herzog and de Meuron are not playing this game, even if they seem to be using a museum show to advance lofty notions about art and culture.
www.dmkdmk.com /articles/herzogdemeuron.html   (1350 words)

  
 FT.com / Arts & Weekend - Crowd pleasers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jacques Herzog, the Swiss architect, sits in a leather armchair looking out over the Munich football stadium he has just built.
In 2001 Herzog and Jacques de Meuron, his business partner and friend since kindergarten in Basle, won the Pritzker prize, architecture’s equivalent of the Nobel.
Herzog won’t be there: he is booked for the opening of an exhibition of his firm’s work at the Tate.
news.ft.com /cms/s/68de7650-cda3-11d9-9a8a-00000e2511c8.html   (166 words)

  
 news:ETH Life - ETH Zurich's weekly web journal
Jacques Herzog is more forthcoming, "The exhibits are silent and lifeless witnesses of the intellectual and group-dynamic processes that we spurred on over many a long year with a lot of energy and effort and in diverse combinations.
The architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have both held professorships at ETH Zurich since October 1999 and, together with Roger Diener and Marcel Meili, they lead the "ETH Studio Basle“ (2).
Herzog and de Meuron both studied at ETH and opened their own offices in Basle in 1978.
www.ethlife.ethz.ch /e/articles/news/schaulager.html   (406 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | Tate Modern designer 'lambasts rivals'
Jacques Herzog said the Museum of Modern Art (Moma), New York, which attracts visitors from across the world, was driven by a cynical and elitist strategy, according to the Independent newspaper.
Mr Herzog said the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, designed by Frank Gehry, left him cold because it was "a very bad example for museums in the future", reported the paper.
Mr Herzog is celebrated for designing structures which correspond to the surrounding locations while the Bilbao Guggenheim is famous for its non-conformist curves and silver cladding.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/2248392.stm   (425 words)

  
 News from the Swiss culture scene: swissinfo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Herzog and de Meuron say they designed the interior of the building in the guise of a miniature hill town, complete with streets, courtyards, ponds and glimpses through the rainbow-coloured walls.
Herzog and de Meuron, both born in Basel in 1950, won an international architectural competition for the project in 1997.
It was conceived by Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron, who won international acclaim for their design of the Tate Modern gallery, also in London.
www.swissinfo.org /sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=201&sid=1615585   (449 words)

  
 ArchitectureWeek - News - Herzog and de Meuron Pritzker Prize - 2001.0404
Architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Basel, Switzerland, have just received this most prestigious of architectural honors, considered the profession's Nobel Prize, for "significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture."
In the jury's citation, Herzog and de Meuron are said to combine "the artistry of an age-old profession with the fresh approach of a new century's technical capabilities.
Herzog draws parallels between their work and that of artist Andy Warhol: "He used common Pop images to say something new.
www.architectureweek.com /2001/0404/news_1-1.html   (241 words)

  
 Frances Loeb Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Herzog and de Meuron : natural history ; [accompanies the exhibition "Herzog and de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind", organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal ; CCA from 23 October 2002 to 6 April 2003...] / edited by Philip Ursprung.
Herzog and de Meuron e la ricerca fenomenologica = Herzog and de Meuron and phenomenological research [interview] / Rita Capezzuto.
Herzog and de Meuron and Rem Koolhaas: Identität in der Zeit der Globalisierung = Herzog and de Meuron and Rem Koolhaas: identite´ en période de globalisation [editorial] / Hubertus Adam.
gsd.harvard.edu /library/services/reference/bibliographies/herzog2.html   (2625 words)

  
 Sort of a blog::: Reviews Essays & Random Musings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the words of Jacques Herzog, “since architecture itself cannot be exhibited, we are forever compelled to find substitutes.” A photo of a building is first and foremost a photo, just as a drawing is a drawing and a model some sort of a sculpture.
The exhibition’s emphasis is on what Herzog and De Meuron refer to as the office’s “accumulated waste”, all that is left over from the design process when a project is finished.
It required Herzog and De Meuron to design a model at their office in Basel and then an on-site full scale nine meter high mock-up to test the design’s structural feasability.
www.ivarhagendoorn.com /personal/archives/2005/week4.html   (2862 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Master Builder - May 30, 2001
This year's winners are a team, Jacques Herzog and Pierre Du Meuron, the first Swiss recipients of the prize.
JACQUES HERZOG, Pritzker Architecture Prize: It's a wonderful situation to hear you get the prize this year, and we sort of knew we were on the list -- and for two or three years, and we didn't know when or if we were selected.
JACQUES HERZOG: It's difficult to say this so in a few sentences, but I guess one thing is, I mentioned the freedom for the design, but also for the freedom of the people to see things in a different way.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june01/architect_05-30.html   (1057 words)

  
 WAC | Press Release | 2001 | Walker Art Center Unveils Expansion Plan
The project team is: Jacques Herzog, Principal, Christine Binswanger, Principal, and Raphael Forny, Project Manager, Herzog and de Meuron, Basel, Switzerland; and John Cook, Project Architect, Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc. (HGA), Minneapolis.
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were chosen this week to receive the 2001 Pritzker Architecture Prize sponsored by The Hyatt Foundation of Los Angeles.
Herzog and de Meuron is especially known for its ability to create buildings that are responsive to their settings and communities.
www.walkerart.org /archive/B/B1A391F662E642176130.htm   (2105 words)

  
 Minneapolis Public Library: Architects Shape the New Minneapolis -- Jacques Herzog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Herzog relates that the he and de Meuron studied architecture because it combined "communication, drawing, construction and research.
A collection of essays to accompany the exhibition Herzog and de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind explores the tensions and contradictions -- evanescence/substance, material/metaphysical, playful/reverent, fanciful/scientific -- that are often employed to describe the work of Herzog & de Meuron.
Herzog and de Meuron's Laban Centre for Movement and Dance Casts an Ethereal Glow in Lime, Turquoise, and Magenta.
www.mpls.lib.mn.us /architects_herzog.asp   (719 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Swiss people
Jacques Necker Jacques Necker (September 30, 1732 – April 9, 1804) was a French statesman and finance minister of Louis XVI.
Jacques Piccard (born July 28, 1922) is an explorer and engineer, known for having developed underwater vehicles for studying ocean currents.
Jacques Gerschwiler (1898--2000) was a noted Swiss figure skater and trainer.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Swiss-people   (7359 words)

  
 ArchitectureWeek - News - Herzog and de Meuron Stirling Prize - 2003.1015
This year's honor went to Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron for Laban, a center for contemporary dance in the London suburb of Deptford.
Laban stands out like a beacon of optimism in the heart of Deptford, where it serves not only as a major new cultural landmark, but as a catalyst, it is hoped, for the area's cultural, physical, and social regeneration.
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have just received the Stirling Prize for Laban, a center for contemporary dance.
www.architectureweek.com /2003/1015/news_1-1.html   (268 words)

  
 Vitra at Milan - 2005
The architectural firm Herzog and de Meuron was founded in 1978 by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.
Since 1994, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have been guest professors at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In addition to numerous awards, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron received the Pritzker Architecture Prize for their entire œuvre.
www.vitra.com /milano/bio_herzog_de_meuron.html   (150 words)

  
 Metropolis Insites: A Complicated Relationship
Jacques Herzog describes his and Pierre de Meuron's experience of collaboration between disciplines.
Artists Roni Horn, Robert Irwin, Coosje van Bruggen, and Oldenburg, architects Frank Gehry and Jacques Herzog, scholars James Ackerman and Michael Benedikt, and moderator William Stern joined in the discussion.
Jacques Herzog described the library he and Pierre de Meuron are working on in Germany--a rectangular building with an exterior of glass and concrete bands imprinted with archival photos belonging to the photographer Thomas Ruff.
www.metropolismag.com /html/content_0898/aug98rel.htm   (533 words)

  
 De Meuron, Herzog Win Pritzker / Team is designing the new de Young
Herzog and de Meuron designed the Dominus Winery in Napa County and are currently working on the Napa house for Pam and Richard Kramlich, whose video and media arts collection was shown last year at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Herzog & de Meuron is a relatively young firm, and its winning the Pritzker is a daring move for the Pritzker jurors, who in awarding Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas last year also chose an architect who is not afraid to break rules and think freshly.
Herzog and de Meuron are noted for conceptualizing each project on its own terms.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/02/DD196701.DTL   (860 words)

  
 2001 Laureate Announcement
In the case of Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, the railroad signal box was such a project.
These two architects, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, with their intensity and passion for using the enduring palette of brick, stone, glass and steel to express new solutions in new forms.
The 2001 presentation on May 7 of the $100,000 Pritzker Architecture Prize to Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron was held at Jefferson's architectural masterpiece, Monticello, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
www.pritzkerprize.com /2001annc.htm   (3130 words)

  
 Swiss news from swissinfo, the Swiss news platform   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Herzog and de Meuron were chosen to design the ultramodern replacement for the old, earthquake-damaged de Young, which had to be torn down after 81 years in Golden Gate Park.
Despite being under attack ever since their design was chosen in 1999, Herzog and de Meuron have brushed off criticism.
Herzog and de Meuron have more projects on the go in the United States, including another museum.
www.swissinfo.org /sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=6167876&cKey=1129564236000&rss=true   (812 words)

  
 Arquitectura Viva 91 · Synopsis
Herzog and de Meuron cook over a low flame, and every now and then take out all the dishes at once.
But this Swiss city on the border with France and Germany is also a precinct of humanist tradition, a stronghold of legendary commercial wealth, and a neoclassic milieu of strict conservatism that repeatedly showed its reluctance towards modernity.
No matter how illegitimate it may be to establish an excessive link between architect and city, the stubborn rooting of Herzog and de Meuron in Basel makes one wonder whether their severe and rigorous work, harsh even in the expression of pleasure, may not come from the anachronism of that civic culture.
www.arquitecturaviva.com /Antiguos/ArquitecturaViva91(i).html   (308 words)

  
 Allianz - Herzog/de Meuron and their sensual stadium
Ever since then, Herzog and de Meuron have been recognized as the crème de la crème of current practitioners.
Herzog dismisses critics who consider the whole thing is just smoke and mirrors: "Effects, light, top players, drama, it’s all part of the show in soccer," he responds, naming his mission as providing the appropriate stage and scenery.
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have designed a diverse range of projects including blocks of flats, factories, locomotive sheds and university libraries, but they are best known for stadiums and museums.
www.allianz.com /azcom/dp/cda/0,,461492-44,00.html   (882 words)

  
 WAC | Visual Arts | Exhibition | Herzog and De Meuron: In Process
The firm selected to help design the expansion plan that will lead the Walker into the 21st century, Herzog and de Meuron has long been challenging notions of conventional architecture as well as the museum as institution.
This "archaeology" of Herzog and de Meuron's practice analyzes the diverse cultural sources that inspire it, such as music, film, and visual arts, while also disclosing the firm's vision of architecture as a forum for critical perception of our culture.
Most importantly, Herzog and de Meuron have come to reconceive the museum not as an enclosed space, but rather as a part of the city.
www.walkerart.org /archive/B/A9730965898DE25B617A.htm   (660 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Architecture week: Jacques Herzog
Jacques Herzog was born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1950 and studied under Aldo Rossi and Dolf Schnelbi.
The Herzog & De Meuron Architecture Studio he founded in Basel in 1978 with Pierre de Meuron is widely acknowledged as one of the leading young design practices in Europe and has won many prizes, including the prestigious Max Beckman award in 1996.
The studio won an international competition to convert Bankside Power Station into the Tate Gallery of Modern Art and has recently been shortlisted for the planned major expansion of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
www.guardian.co.uk /archweek1999/galleryguide/0,12119,196818,00.html   (116 words)

  
 Herzog & de Meuron: Natural History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
More than any of their contemporaries, Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are challenging the boundaries between architecture and art.
Models and projects by Herzog & de Meuron, as well as by other artists, are structured around six thematic portfolios that suggest an evolutionary history of the architects' work: Appropriation & Reconstruction, Transformation & Alienation, Stacking & Compression, Imprints & Moulds, Interlocking Spaces, and Beauty & Atmosphere.
Each section is introduced with a statement from Herzog, and more than 20 artists, scholars, and architects have contributed essays, including Carrie Asman, Georges Didi-Huberman, Kurt W. Forster, Boris Groys, Ulrike Meyer Stump, Peggy Phelan, Thomas Ruff, Rebecca Schneider, Adolf Max Vogt, and Jeff Wall.
www.artbook.com /3907078853.html   (317 words)

  
 Architecture Education Archive - Film Archive
Herzog and de Meuron’s minimalist yet dramatic conversion of London’s Bankside Power Station into the largest museum for modern art in the world is breathtaking.
Jacques Herzog, Harry Gugger — a partner of Herzog and de Meuron — and Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of the Tate, contributed to a survey of the anatomy of the building and its radical new approach to displaying art.
This concept, rather than design-based strategy reflected the similarity of their practice with that of many of the contemporary artists for whose work they have created an outstanding setting.
www.jersemar.org.il /film/single.php?id=224   (150 words)

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