Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron both studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) from 1970 to 1975 with Aldo Rossi and Dolf Schnebli. They received their degrees in architecture in 1975 and established their own practice in Basel in 1978, which became Herzog & de Meuron Architekten AG in 1997. The partnership has grown over the years and today the office is led by the Founding Partners alongside Senior Partners Christine Binswanger, Ascan Mergenthaler and Stefan Marbach. A team of 340 collaborators is working on over 35 projects across Europe, North and South America and Asia. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are visiting professors at Harvard University, USA (1989 and since 1994), and professors at ETH Studio Basel - Contemporary City Institute, ETHZ (since 1999). Herzog & de Meuron are known for designs that are at once highly inventive and sensitive to the site, geography, and culture of the region for which the building is planned. The practice has been awarded numerous prizes including The Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2001. Their most recognized buildings include Prada Aoyama Epicenter in Tokyo, Japan (2003); Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany (2005); CaixaForum Madrid, Spain (2008); the National Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Perhaps the firm's highest profile museum project to date is the conversion of the Bankside power plant to Tate Modern in London, UK (2000). The new development for completion of the Tate Modern Project is scheduled for 2012. Current projects include Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany (projected completion 2013); the new Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, USA (projected completion 2012); and the design of the new Sao Paulo Cultural Complex - Dance Theater, which will consolidate the largest cultural district in Brazil (projected completion 2016). 5/5/11

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1. like dogma
2. brilliant💕.
3. Is this somehow constructivism ?
4. significant contribution
5. Exquisite!
   :)
6. What is the name of the landscape architect he mentioned?
7. His answer to the question about his supposed "value system" is acceptable, but not satisfactory; he surely can deny having any ideology or influences, but he is too much of an intelligent person to not know that our habitat, or the way he was taught architecture, have a direct and meaningful impact on his works. And with all his experience in the field, he certainly cannot notice some fil rouge between all his projects, not in the moment of creation, but looking back at them as a "critic" (quite like he did in this lecture, in a way). 
   I think claiming post ideologism can be quite an ideology nowadays, or an excuse to not justify some behaviours in the creative process (behaviours that he actually justified sometimes, i.e. talking about the position of the building on the barraco, Mexico)
8. is he autistic?
9. Great lecture.
10. inspiring
11. Gunther Vogt. He is also prof at ETH Zürich
12. Who is the landscape architect he worked with?... on the interior spaces for what I think was the Beijing Film Academy? The one from Dusseldorf?
13. Absolutely sensational lecture. Some of the questions asked are really invalid towards the end. This is coming out from Harvard?
14. no drugs please.
15. ...good one, @rlpedroso! Although I prefer natural stuff -- ever tried Seer's Sage?
16. as Albert Hoffmann to LSD...
17. um..u could be right but i think its just a matter of interpretation...hes trying to say that the architecture shouldnt owe its reputation to any other thing than the architecture.. and it must be successful as an architectural piece rather than due to representing a popular poem or else..
18. I love the passionate way he talks about their projects...is that the key to their success?i guess so...thank you all
19. 0:36:56, just breathtaking
20. am I getting something wrong?