Name: From Basel - Herzog & de Meuron
Brand: Birkhäuser
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ISBN: 9783035606959

Die globale Erfolgsgeschichte der Basler Architekten Jacques Herzog und Pierre de Meuron hat ihre lokalen Wurzeln. Ihnen spürt dieses Buch nach und arbeitet so die wesentlichen Leitlinien, die Berufsethik und die Entwicklung des 1978 gegründeten Büros heraus. Sowohl die Biografien der beiden Architekten als auch die Tätigkeit ihres Büros sind eng mit der Stadt Basel verbunden. Von dieser Basler Verankerung ausgehend, erörtern die Autoren zentrale Themen dieses Oeuvres: vom Habitat bis zum Monument. Anhand exemplarischer Bauwerke analysieren sie Motive, konstruktive Prinzipien und Raumgestaltung im architektonischen Werk von Herzog & de Meuron. Darüber hinaus führen Jacques Herzog und Pierre de Meuron in Rundgängen durch Basel und die Umgebung: Statements der Architekten und eigens für das Buch aufgenommene Fotografien von George Dupin stellen Orte und Gebäude vor, die eine Schlüsselrolle für die Arbeit der Architekten spielen. Ein intensiver Gedankenaustausch der beiden Architekten mit Jean-François Chevrier rundet das Buch ab.

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-François Chevrier.

"Chevrier's thoughtful, judiciously illustrated book offers us an intimate glimpse into the machinations and minutiae shaping an extraordinary practice." Mark Cousins in: RIAS Quarterly, Spring 2017, Issue 29: 60

Herzog & de Meuron; Meuron, Pierre de; Herzog, Jacques

From Basel - Herzog & de Meuron

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Prof. Jean-François Chevrier teaches history of contemporary art at the Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris.

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<LI>Einblick in die Entstehung und Entwicklung von Herzog & de Meuron </LI>
<LI>Rekonstruktion des lokalen Umfelds anhand ausgewählter historischer Bauwerke und eigener Bauten des Büros in Basel </LI>
<LI>Speziell für das Buch angefertigte Fotos von George Dupin </LI></UL>

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<LI>Insights into the genesis of Herzog & de Meuron </LI>
<LI>The development of these globally active architects out of this local milieu, with reference to selected historic buildings in Basel and projects by this architectural practice </LI></UL>

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     The local roots of a global successThe 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-François Chevrier.
Insights into the genesis of Herzog & de Meuron 
The development of these globally active architects out of this local milieu, with reference to selected historic buildings in Basel and projects by this architectural practice

     The local roots of a global successThe global success story of the Basel architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron has local roots