Biography

After graduating from school with a high school diploma, Jacques Herzog studied architecture at the same time as Pierre de Meuron in 1975 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich under professors Aldo Rossi and Dolf Schnebli. In 1978, Jacques Herzog founded the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron in Basel together with Pierre de Meuron. From the mid-1980s onwards, the first high-profile projects followed within Switzerland and Germany. The team attracted attention through museum and collection buildings. In 1983 he held a visiting professorship at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., USA. From 1993 to 1996, the Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences library was built according to plans by Herzog & de Meuron. The monochrome cube of the SBB signal box in Basel was completed between 1994 and 1996. In 1994 he was appointed professor at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

The office received its first international recognition from 1995 to 1997 with the realization of an expansion of the Tate Gallery of Modern Art in London. In 1999 he was appointed professor at ETH Zurich. Here he became the founder of the ETH Studio Basel. In November 2000, the Faculty of Economics at the University of Basel awarded an honorary doctorate in political science to Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. In 2001, the Herzog & de Meuron office was awarded the Pritzker Prize. The ST opened in the same year. Jakob Park Stadium in Basel. In 2002, the Contemporary City Institute was founded with the ETH Studio Basel. In 2003, the architects Robert Hösl and Ascan Mergenthaler became partners in the office. Meanwhile, in 2003, the office was awarded the contract to build the National Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

In 2005, after four years of construction, the Allianz Arena football stadium in Munich was completed. Thanks to visually dominant plastic cushions on the outer skin, it is possible to change its colors to white, red and blue. The Allianz Arena, where the opening of the World Cup was celebrated in June 2006, became one of the most popular buildings in the Federal Republic. Meanwhile, in 2003, the office was awarded the contract to build the National Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The office carried out one of the most spectacular design studies for the construction of the Elbphilharmonie in HafenCity Hamburg. The building is already being treated as a new landmark for the Hanseatic city.
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