The global success story of the Basel architects Jacques Herzog and
Pierre de Meuron has local roots. This book traces these origins
while identifying the essential ideas, professional ethics, and
development of their architectural practice, established in 1978.
The biographies of both architects and the activities of their
practice are intimately bound up with the town of Basel. With this
embeddedness in Basel as a point of departure, the authors
elucidate central themes of their architectural oeuvre: from
habitat to monument. With reference to exemplary buildings, they
analyze the motifs, constructive principles, and spatial design of
the architectonic works of Herzog & de Meuron. In addition,
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron lead us on tours through Basel
and its surroundings: statements by the architects, along with
photographs taken especially for this volume by George Dupin,
present the locales and buildings that have played key roles for
the work of these architects. The book is rounded out by an
intensive exchange of ideas between the architects and
Jean-Francois Chevrier.
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