HERZOG & DE MEURON ::: Book selection
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A building is a building. It cannot be read like a book; it doesn't have any credits, subtitles or labels like pictures in a gallery. In that sense, we are absolutely anti-representational. The strength of our buildings is the immediate, visceral impact they have on a visitor. --Jacques Herzog.
More than any of their contemporaries, Architects Herzog and de Meuron are challenging the boundaries between architecture and art. Natural History explores that challenge, examining how the work of this formidable pair has drawn upon the art of both past and present, and brought architecture into dialogue with the art of our time. Projects are structured around six thematic portfolios: Appropriation & Reconstruction, Transformation & Alienation, Stacking & Compression, Imprints & Moulds, Interlocking Spaces, and Beauty & Atmosphere. ©Amazon.com
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This volume traces the development of the work of the Basle architects Herzog and de Meuron. Much emphasis is placed on the initial design processes, made tangible through plans and sketches. Finished buildings are presented in great detail. Spanning the years 1989 to 1991, it covers 32 projects, including the well-known copper-clad signal box and locomotive depot, the repository for the Goetz art collection, and the Pfaffenholz sports centre in St Louis. The urban analyses emerging from the large-scale study, "Basel, a City in the Making?", form a focal point in the volume, as do the master plans for the university campus at Dijon and the town sector of Sils Cuncas in the upper Engadine. ©Amazon.co.uk
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This third volume presents the Herzog & de Meuron buildings and projects from the years 1992-1996. Introduced by Gerhard Mack, it contains texts by Herzog & de Meuron, a complete chronology of the works between 1992-1996, and documents 22 projects in detail. ©Amazon.co.uk
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The conversion to art gallery by the Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron is marked by its extreme simplicity, at once enhancing the physical presence of the original architecture and completely transforming its derelict and impenetrable interior into an accessible, light-filled exhibition center.
This publication follows the story of the Bankside project and presents a stunning photographic account of every stage of its transformation. Including an interview with Jacques Herzog and Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, it provides a detailed analysis of Herzog and de Meuron's design and redefines the Tate's role within contemporary culture.
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