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Article: Dynamic duo: collaborators since kindergarden, architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron unite daring with Swiss precision.
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- September 1, 2005
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Opposite: Swiss-based partners Jacques Herzoq, at left, and Pierre de Meuron, photographed inside Tokyo's Prada store. This page: The pair opened their first American public project in April, a major addition for the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis that features a five-story "ice cube" wrapped in reflective aluminum mesh.
FOR AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM THAT PRODUCES SOME OF THE MOST RIGOROUSLY THOUGHT-OUT BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD, HERZOG & DE MEURON'S HEADQUARTERS ARE SURPRISINGLY LOOSEY-GOOSEY, A JUMBLED HAMLET OF 100-YEAR-OLD STUCCO VILLAS ON THE BANKS OF THE RHINE RIVER IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND. Visit on a particularly warm summer afternoon and you might catch sight of ...