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Jacques Herzog

Jacques Herzog founded his architecture practice with Pierre de Meuron in Basel in 1978. Landmark projects include the Allianz Arena, Munich (2005), the CaixaForum, Madrid (2007), the National Stadium, Beijing (2008), the extension to Tate Modern, London (2016), the Elbphilharmonie concert hall, Hamburg (2016), and the Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Milan (2016). Herzog & de Meuron received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2001 and the Praemium Imperiale in 2007.

Jacques Herzog founded his architecture practice with Pierre de Meuron in Basel in 1978. Landmark projects include the Allianz Arena, Munich (2005), the CaixaForum, Madrid (2007), the National Stadium, Beijing (2008), the extension to Tate Modern, London (2016), the Elbphilharmonie concert hall, Hamburg (2016), and the Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Milan (2016). Herzog & de Meuron received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2001 and the Praemium Imperiale in 2007.

We asked Jacques Herzog to to tell us about his relationship with Milan.