Herzog & de Meuron

by Sandra Hofmeister (Editor)

Bilingual edition (English / German):

The internationally renowned architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has experienced an unprecedented rise since it was founded in 1978. How do these architects manage to repeatedly break new ground and use supposedly classic materials in an unfamiliar way in the design? How does one come up with such unique ideas and successfully implement such design ideas in practice?
We researched in the Detail reports, interviews, online and technical articles as well as abundant project documentation. This expanded new edition of the monograph about the firm Herzog & de Meuron takes a look behind the scenes, describes processes and shows one thing above many construction details.

Das international renommierte Architekturbüro Herzog & de Meuron hat seit seiner Gründung im Jahre 1978 einen beispiellosen Aufstieg erlebt. Wie gelingt es diesen Architekten, immer wieder innovative Wege zu gehen und vermeintlich klassische Materialien in nicht gekannter Art im Entwurf einzusetzen? Wie kommt man zu solch einzigartigen Ideen und wie gelingt die überzeugende Umsetzung solcher Entwurfsideen in die Praxis?
Wir haben recherchiert im Archiv von Berichte, Interviews, Online- und Technikbeiträge sowie zahlreiche Projektdokumentationen. Diese erweiterte Neuauflage der Monografie über das Büro Herzog & de Meuron blickt hinter die Kulissen, beschreibt Prozesse und zeigt vor allem viele Baudetails.

192 pages, Hardcover

Published September 15, 2017

About the author

Sandra Hofmeister is an architecture and art critic, moderator and editor. She studied architecture, art history and Romance studies at the Technical and Free University of Berlin and at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany. She completed her doctorate there in 2006 on the subject of ‘Fin de Siècle and Modernism’ (Meidenbauer-Verlag, Munich 2007). As an editor and author, she has published numerous books in German and English focussing on architecture and design. Her most recently published titles include ‘Architektur in Vorarlberg. Porträt einer regionalen Baukultur’ (edited by Verena Konrad and Sandra Hofmeister, Edition Detail 2024), “David Chipperfield Architects” (4th expanded edition, edited by Sandra Hofmeister, Edition Detail 2025) and “Architecture and Climate Change”, edited by Sandra Hofmeister, Edition Detail 2024). Her texts have appeared in German and English-language newspapers and magazines as well as on online platforms. Sandra Hofmeister accompanied the launch of the German Domus as editor-in-chief. From 2017 to 2025, as editor-in-chief of Detail, she was responsible for the international architecture magazine, the online programme and the book programme of Edition Detail. In 2025 she founded the book platform castello books. She works as a moderator and juror and also teaches, currently at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.