Curbed (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. 1) Flatiron: There were a whole lot more renderings this week of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas's 24-story building just south of Madison Square Park. 2) Tribeca: Swiss starchitects Jacques Herzog and...
full and free download (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will commence in August, with many events to take place in the brand new, 100,000-seat National Stadium. But design plans for this massive structure began in 2003, when Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were selected by the Chinese government to design the new stadium, which because of its curved steel-net walls was soon dubbed by locals as the "bird's...
agnesvarnum.com (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Got a great message from Jonathan Miller over at Icarus Films about a special promotion they are running for an intriguing-looking film, Bird’s Nest by Christoph Schaub & Michael Schindhelm. The film follows the 5-year effort of architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuronto as they build the new 100,000 seat stadium for the Olympic Games. The cool part is that the film had its US premiere at Silverdocs...
architecture.mnp (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,569011,00.html Star architect Jacques Herzog, the man behind the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing, tells SPIEGEL his arena is a subversive place where people can meet in locations not easily monitored by officials. He also defends his decision to build for a regime criticized for human rights violations [click the title of this post to read the interview]....
Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
"Look at your shoes and T-shirt: where do they come from? Should you be trading with China?" That's what Jacques Herzog asked a journalist who questioned him about working with the Chinese regime. The quote is from a piece of...
China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
The New York Times continues its paper-wide China coverage with a review of the so-called Bird's Nest stadium by architecture critic Nicholai Ouroussoff: Designed by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, the stadium lives up to its aspiration as a global landmark. Its elliptical latticework shell, which has ...
Architechnophilia (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Spiegel interviews Jacques Herzog re: the Bird's Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics more about the stadium
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
The "Bird's Nest", a web of stainless steel struts moulded into a bowl, is already the de facto logo for the Olympics and will soon be the world's most familiar piece of avant garde architecture. It's two Swiss creators make a formidable team
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
The Beijing Olympics haven’t yet begun, but the event already has its signature image: the Olympic stadium designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.
Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
The Beijing Olympics haven't yet begun, but the event already has its signature image: the Olympic stadium designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and ...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
The Beijing Olympics haven't yet begun, but the event already has its signature image: the Olympic stadium designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.
Archinect (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Star architect Jacques Herzog, the man behind the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing, tells SPIEGEL his arena is a subversive place where people can meet in locations not easily monitored by officials. He also defends his decision to build for a regime criticized for human rights violations. Spiegel
worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Star architect Jacques Herzog, the man behind the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing, tells SPIEGEL his arena is a subversive place where people can meet in locations not easily monitored by officials. He also defends his decision to build for a regime criticized for human rights violations. Go to news source
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Jacques Herzog, a thin shaven-headed Swiss architect, sits eating dry brown bread in his group's offices off a quiet square in Basel. This is his home. It was in...
workinproperty (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Revised plans for the new wing of Londons riversise gallary were revealed by architects Herzog & de Meuron last week. At a press briefing, Tate Director Nicholas Serota and architect Jacques Herzog said the new building, designed in 2006 as a jagged cast-glass pile, will now be a brick polygon growing out of, and resembling, the existing Tate. They denied that budget reasons were behind the change,...
