Twentyfive X Herzog & De Meuron

A gorgeous, gargantuan selection of Herzog & de Meuron’s key projects, with documentation by leading photographers, essays and archival materials. The complete works of Pritzker Prize–winning Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron comprise around 600 buildings in nearly 40 countries. This book is a personal selection by art historian Stanislaus von Moos and architect Arthur Rüegg of 25 of the most important projects from throughout Herzog & de Meuron’s career—from the Park Avenue Armory in New York, Tate Modern in London, Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, to the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the National Stadium Beijing, and 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami. Through photographs by Balthasar Burkhard, Hannah Villiger, Margherita Spiluttini, Iwan Baan, Thomas Ruff, and Wolfgang Tillmans, along with detailed technical data, plans, and bibliographic references, Twentyfive X Herzog & de Meuron encapsulates all central aspects of their work. Two comprehensive essays explore Herzog & de Meuron’s influence of perception in painting, sculpture, and photography on their practice, and examine their ambivalent view of the built world across projects. The book also includes previously unpublished photographs and Jacques Herzog’s postcard collection—visual archives with a direct influence on their architectural work.