Pierre de Meuron

Pierre de Meuron co-founded Herzog & de Meuron with Jacques Herzog in Basel in 1978. The Swiss firm became known for transforming materials, surfaces, and existing buildings in unexpected ways.

Herzog & de Meuron converted the former Bankside Power Station in London into Tate Modern, which opened in 2000. The project kept the industrial Turbine Hall and turned it into one of the museum's defining spaces.

Herzog & de Meuron designed Beijing National Stadium, widely known as the Bird's Nest, with artist Ai Weiwei as a collaborator. The stadium became one of the main architectural symbols of the 2008 Olympic Games.

The firm often uses simple volumes but gives them intense material surfaces, such as printed glass, perforated skins, or rough masonry. Projects like the Dominus Winery in California and the de Young Museum in San Francisco show that surface and texture are central to their work.