Basle, Switzerland, 1950

The Swiss team of Herzog & de Meuron began their practice in 1978 in Basle. They studied at ETH (Eidgenِssische Technische Hochschule Zürich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zürich under Aldo Rossi and Dolf Schnebli (1970-75), in 1977 they became assistants of Schnebli and subsequently visiting professors at Harvard (Cambridge, Mass.).

From their designs emerges a study related to traditional German building types, experimentation with materials and innovative building methods, without neglecting however the relationship of the building with its surroundings and achieving a balance between form and function.

In 1990 Harry Gugger (Grezenbach, 1956), joined the practice, he had studied at ETH and Columbia University, New York with Flora Rucht and Tadao Ando. In 1991 Gugger was made a partner. Christine Binswanger (Kreuzlingen, 1964) joined in 1990 (she is partner since 1994), who also studied at the ETH with Flora Rucht and Hans Kollhoff. The practice has received a number of awards: Kunstpreis Akademie der Künste (1987), German critics award (1994), Brunel Award (1995) for the railway control building at Basle, and for the railway shed at Basle (1996) and the Max Beckmann award (1996).

Studio
Rheinschanze 6, CH-4056 Basle, Switzerland