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Herzog & de Meuron

Following our competition win in 2020, the conversion of the UBS building at Zurich’s Paradeplatz 6 officially started in early March of this year. This ambitious project seeks to transform the once solid and enclosed city block into a vibrant urban space. Set to unfold over the next few years, the ground floor will undergo a transformation, opening its doors to the city with an array of new programs related to culture, retail, and gastronomy. Completion is slated for the end of 2026. Continue reading Herzog & de Meuron

Herzog & de Meuron

The former military site of La Saleggina is the location for a new hospital—an opportunity to address the key challenges of flexibility, future growth, openness to the city, and sustainability in an exemplary manner. It must be at once a functional machine, a healing environment, an inviting place for patients, visitors, and staff, as well as a new public space for Bellinzona. Continue reading Herzog & de Meuron

Herzog & de Meuron

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Herzog & de Meuron

As the construction of HORTUS continues, Herzog & de Meuron shares an impression of the progress on-site, focusing on how the building’s wooden elements are sourced, manufactured, and installed. HORTUS is a multi-story timber framed building — timber joinery is employed in order to avoid metal connections, so that at the end of the building’s life span components can be easily dismantled and recycled. The modular wooden elements are made from sustainably sourced timber from local forests, with care taken to ensure that no individual forest if overburdened with cutting. Continue reading Herzog & de Meuron

Herzog & de Meuron

The Bélair-Monange winery in Saint-Émilion is designed to meet the future needs of the estate’s winegrowing operation. The program integrates sustainably into the town of Saint-Émilion, listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1999; the project is both a place of production and promotion. The four main areas dedicated to the wine-making process are the harvest receiving area, the vat room and the barrel cellars. For the reception of private clients, the project includes a tasting room as well as a reception room that can accommodate approximately 100 people. Continue reading Herzog & de Meuron