Herzog & de Meuron: Architecture and Construction Details pulls directly from the DETAIL archive — reports, interviews, technical articles, and project documentation — to show precisely how one of architecture's most inventive firms translates concept into built form.
About This Book
Since its founding in 1978, Herzog & de Meuron has built a reputation on an almost paradoxical sensibility: deploying familiar, even classical materials in ways that feel entirely unfamiliar. This fourth, revised and expanded edition of the monograph examines that process from the inside out. Rather than celebrating finished buildings from a distance, it traces the thinking embedded in construction details — the junctions, surfaces, and structural decisions that make the work possible. Drawn from the DETAIL archive, the book bridges architectural journalism and technical documentation, making it essential reading for practitioners and students who want to understand how Herzog & de Meuron's design ideas actually reach the building site.
Key Features
- 192 pages of construction details, project documentation, interviews, and technical articles drawn from the DETAIL archive
- Edited by Sandra Hofmeister
- Published by Birkhauser Verlag, 2017
What You'll Discover
- How Herzog & de Meuron repeatedly recontextualises conventional materials to produce formally unexpected outcomes
- The behind-the-scenes processes through which the firm moves from design concept to constructed detail
- Insights drawn from the DETAIL archive, including interviews and technical reporting that rarely surface in standard monograph formats
- The evolution of the firm's approach across projects, as reflected in this revised and expanded fourth edition
About the Author
This volume is edited by Sandra Hofmeister. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 192
- Dimensions: 320 x 230mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783955536091
- Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag
- Publication Date: 2017
Perfect For: Architects and architecture students seeking a technical and conceptual understanding of Herzog & de Meuron's practice, and design professionals interested in the relationship between detail, material, and built outcome.