Pierre de Meuron

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Herzog & de Meuron: 1111 Lincoln Road

The de Young Museum in San Francisco features a low, modern building with a distinctive twisting observation tower, surrounded by landscaped gardens and trees.

Switch House at Tate Modern in London, a modern brown brick building with angular, sloped walls and narrow horizontal windows.

Herzog & de Meuron: Tate Modern

Herzog & de Meuron: Tate Modern

Pierre de Meuron

Swiss architect

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Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
…schoolmates during childhood, Herzog and de Meuron began at an early age to work together on drawings and models. Neither initially studied architecture in college. Herzog studied commercial design before attending the University of Basel to study biology and chemistry, and de Meuron pursued a degree in civil engineering. Unsatisfied…
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…schoolmates during childhood, Herzog and de Meuron began at an early age to work together on drawings and models. Neither initially studied architecture in college. Herzog studied commercial design before attending the University of Basel to study biology and chemistry, and de Meuron pursued a degree in civil engineering. Unsatisfied…
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
…Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, the de Young reopened as a state-of-the-art facility, extending over 293,000 square feet (27,220 square metres).
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…Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, the de Young reopened as a state-of-the-art facility, extending over 293,000 square feet (27,220 square metres).
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Tate galleries
…Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The architects later designed an extension called Switch House, which opened in 2016. Instead of being arranged by school or chronology, the museum’s art holdings are displayed according to subject matter, and all significant movements from the 20th century are accounted for:…
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…Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The architects later designed an extension called Switch House, which opened in 2016. Instead of being arranged by school or chronology, the museum’s art holdings are displayed according to subject matter, and all significant movements from the 20th century are accounted for:…
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