A Lecture by Jacques Herzog, Herzog & de Meuron
The Orpheum TheatreAward winning architect Jacques Herzog gives a lecture at the Orpheum Theatre in the context of the current exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery Material Future: The Architecture of Herzog & de Meuron and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Learn about the firm’s vision of how architecture can shape cities and cultural life.
The architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron has been commissioned as the design architects for the future Vancouver Art Gallery, in collaboration with Perkins+Will as the local executive architects.
Jacques Herzog established Herzog & de Meuron with Pierre de Meuron in Basel in 1978. He studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) from 1970 to 1975 with Aldo ssi and Dolf Schnebli. He was a visiting tutor at Cornell University, USA in 1983. With Pierre de Meuron, he is visiting professor at Harvard University, USA (1989 and since 1994), professor at ETH Zürich since 1999, and co-founder of ETH Studio Basel - Contemporary City Institute since 2002. In 2001, he was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize together with Pierre de Meuron.
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Christine Binswanger, Senior Partner
Simon Demeuse, Associate
October 1st, 2014, 7pm
Vogue Theatre
918 Granville Street
The design architects of the new Vancouver Art Gallery discuss their diverse take on museum design through a selection of previous projects. Founded in Basel in 1978, Herzog & de Meuron is internationally recognized for designs that are both highly inventive and responsive to the site, geography and culture of the place for which they are conceived. Hear what makes Herzog & de Meuron one of the world's most lauded architectural firms as well as their initial impressions about Vancouver, followed by a public discussion.
Led by five Senior Partners—Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Christine Binswanger, Ascan Mergenthaler and Stefan Marbach—Herzog & de Meuron has designed a wide range of projects, from highly recognized public facilities such as museums and stadiums, to distinguished private projects, and has been awarded numerous prizes, including The Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2001, and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal and the Praemium Imperiale, both in 2007.
Herzog & de Meuron were appointed to design the future Vancouver Art Gallery building in collaboration with the Vancouver firm Perkins+Will as the local executive architects.
Herzog & de Meuron were appointed to design the future Vancouver Art Gallery building in collaboration with the Vancouver firm Perkins + Will as the local executive architects.
