Architect

Jacques Herzog

A Swiss architect whose work with Herzog & de Meuron rethinks museums, venues, and urban landmarks through material specificity and precise formal transformation.

Born 1950

Swiss

Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

museum adaptive reuse cultural building concert hall brick steel glass

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Gallery

Jacques Herzog gallery

Tate Modern exterior view

Exterior view of Tate Modern from the Thames.

Credit: Acabashi

Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0 · licensed

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Bureau

Herzog & de Meuron

bureau · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Role: founder

Years: 1978

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Selected works

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Work

Tate Modern

2000 · London, England, United Kingdom

Museum

Jacques Herzog · Pierre de Meuron

Work

Elbphilharmonie

2017 · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Concert hall

Jacques Herzog · Pierre de Meuron

Related architects

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Pierre de Meuron

Born 1950 · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

A Swiss architect whose collaborations with Jacques Herzog have shaped major museums, performance venues, and adaptive transformations worldwide.