Herzog & de Meuron 5th edition

Description

This fifth edition of the monograph documents 24 built projects designed by Herzog & de Meuron. It presents the architects’ design intentions, their approach to both traditional and innovative materials, and the technological challenges involved. Texts, photographs, drawings, and illustrations document the buildings and reveal processes and construction details.

The internationally renowned architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has experienced an unprecedented rise since it was founded in 1978. How do these architects manage to repeatedly break new ground and use supposedly classic materials in an unfamiliar way in design? How does one come up with such unique ideas and successfully implement such design ideas in practice? We have bundled in a fresh layout the numerous reports, interviews, online and technical articles as well extensive project documentation about the successful firm. This expanded new edition of the Herzog & de Meuron monograph takes a look behind the scenes, describes processes and shows one thing above all: many construction details.

– Herzog & de Meuron in DETAIL
– Design, materials and facade: Details behind an exciting trio
– Projects and processes