Herzog & de Meuron

Designer furniture & lighting objects by Herzog & de Meuron

Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron, born on 19 April and 8 May, 1950, respectively, in Basel, Switzerland. Both studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. In 1978, they jointly founded the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron in Basel (additional partners: 1991 Harry Gugger, 1994 Christine Binswanger, 2004 Robert Hösl, 2004 Ascan Mergenthaler, 2006 Stefan Marbach). Jacques Herzog taught as a guest professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in 1983, and accepted a professorship at Harvard University in 1994. Pierre de Meuron held a guest professorship at Harvard in 1989 and was also called to serve on the faculty in 1994. In 1999 they assumed teaching positions at the ETH Zurich. In 2002 they founded the ETH Studio Basel / Contemporary City Institute together with Roger Diener and Marcel Meili.

Product collaborations with and Projects for Vitra:

2009 VitraHaus on the Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein
2005 Hocker stool
2003 Jingzi lamp (for Belux)

Exhibitions:

2006 "Artist’s Choice: Herzog & de Meuron, Perception Restrained", Museum of Modern Art, New York
2004-2005 "Herzog & de Meuron. No. 250. Eine Ausstellung", Schaulager® Basel/NAI Rotterdam
2002 "Herzog & de Meuron: Archéologie de l'imaginaire", Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
2001 "Works in Progress", Fondazione Prada, Milan
1999 "The Un-Private House", Museum of Modern Art, New York 1995 "Herzog & de Meuron: une exposition", in collaboration with Rémy Zaugg, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1988 "Architektur Denkform", Architekturmuseum Basel