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Herzog & de Meuron winners of 2015 RIBA Jencks Award

By Bustler Editors|

Wednesday, Aug 19, 2015

Winners of the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award: Jaques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron. Image courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron; Photo © 2011, Marco Grob.

Swiss master architects Jaques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron have been selected to receive the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award. Presented annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects, the award honors practices or individuals with outstanding recent contributions to both the theory and practice of architecture.

The festive presentation of the award as well as a public lecture by the architects will take place on October 29 at the RIBA in London.

Read on for more details we've received from RIBA.

"The judging panel for the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award comprised of landscape designer, architectural theorist and writer Charles Jencks, Stephen Hodder (RIBA President and Chairman of Hodder and Partners), Julia Peyton-Jones (Director of the Serpentine Galleries), Brett Steele (Director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture), and was chaired by David Gloster (RIBA Director of Education)."

Prada Store in Tokyo, Japan, 2003. Photo: Wiiii; Image via Wikimedia Commons.

On this year’s winners, RIBA President Stephen Hodder said: “The contribution to our profession from Jacques and Pierre is constantly profound. The innovative ways in which they explore and reinterpret is evident in their numerous projects, from the 2003 Stirling Prize winner Laban Centre in London to the multi-layered intersection of architecture, archaeology and art that was the 2012 Serpentine Pavilion. In a remarkable career that has included notable projects such as the acclaimed spaces of the Tate Modern and the 2009 Lubetkin Prize winner National Stadium in Beijing, they have garnered public recognition and acclaim by their peers in the form of prestigious awards such as the 2001 Pritzker Prize and 2007 Royal Gold Medal. 

“For the past four decades, Herzog & de Meuron’s work has revealed a constant ability to innovate and apply unique interpretations of architectural theory into practice that make them the unquestionable winners of this year’s RIBA Jencks Award.”

Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, 2005. Photo: Bren Barnes; Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Commenting on Herzog & de Meuron receiving the award, Charles Jencks said: “Herzog & de Meuron have the widest approach to architecture varying their style for each job. In this sense they epitomise the global search for an architecture of pluralism, one flexible enough for very different cultures. While a recognisable attitude runs through the work, and a commitment to intelligent design, it is the creative flexibility which stands out above other practices today. The high quality of the work is as notable as the wit; the amount of production as much as its personality. 

“This is due partly to their working methods, of dividing a large office of more than 400 into small, highly motivated design teams and creating the collegial atmosphere of a research institute. Their conceptual innovations combined with high turnover are highly risky, yet they have continued to produce architecture of the highest standard: rigorous and iconic, and plain or ornamented depending on the task at hand. 

“Their small medical work REHAB is exemplary; the open-access Schaulager Museum is interesting and provocative, and the VitraHaus is funny, mordant, and to the point. Herzog & de Meuron deserve a lifetime award as a local Basel office and a global practice. They seem to have finally squared the circle of large-scale architectural production.”

Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China, 2008. Photo: Peter23; Image via Wikimedia Commons.

On winning the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron said: “We are delighted to be the winners of this year’s RIBA Jencks Award. We feel especially happy about that prize since it honours theory as well as practice. Despite the many texts and books we have published, we still have doubts about the longevity of texts written by architects. The title of a few books may be remembered over time - the relevance of their content, though, ages faster than expected... We therefore always did our best not to separate theory from the built work. Buildings don't follow theory but the best buildings always allow for theoretical interpretations of all kinds.”

Elbe Philharmonic Hall, HafenCity in Hamburg, Germany, completion expected in 2016. Photo: Raimond Spekking; Image via Wikimedia Commons.

The annual RIBA Jencks Award is given to an individual or practice that has made a recent significant, simultaneous contribution to the theory and practice of architecture. The winner receives an honorarium of £1,000 and a certificate, and delivers a lecture at the RIBA. The award is managed by the RIBA following generous donations by architectural theorist, landscape architect and designer Charles Jencks towards an endowment fund invested by the RIBA, the interest of which finances the award’s administration and prize, as well as travel and accommodation expenses for the winner.

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Herzog & de Meuron winners of 2015 RIBA Jencks Award

By Bustler Editors|

Wednesday, Aug 19, 2015

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Winners of the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award: Jaques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron. Image courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron; Photo © 2011, Marco Grob.

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Swiss master architects Jaques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron have been selected to receive the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award. Presented annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects, the award honors practices or individuals with outstanding recent contributions to both the theory and practice of architecture.

The festive presentation of the award as well as a public lecture by the architects will take place on October 29 at the RIBA in London.

Read on for more details we've received from RIBA.

"The judging panel for the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award comprised of landscape designer, architectural theorist and writer Charles Jencks, Stephen Hodder (RIBA President and Chairman of Hodder and Partners), Julia Peyton-Jones (Director of the Serpentine Galleries), Brett Steele (Director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture), and was chaired by David Gloster (RIBA Director of Education)."

Prada Store in Tokyo, Japan, 2003. Photo: Wiiii; Image via Wikimedia Commons.

On this year’s winners, RIBA President Stephen Hodder said: “The contribution to our profession from Jacques and Pierre is constantly profound. The innovative ways in which they explore and reinterpret is evident in their numerous projects, from the 2003 Stirling Prize winner Laban Centre in London to the multi-layered intersection of architecture, archaeology and art that was the 2012 Serpentine Pavilion. In a remarkable career that has included notable projects such as the acclaimed spaces of the Tate Modern and the 2009 Lubetkin Prize winner National Stadium in Beijing, they have garnered public recognition and acclaim by their peers in the form of prestigious awards such as the 2001 Pritzker Prize and 2007 Royal Gold Medal. 

“For the past four decades, Herzog & de Meuron’s work has revealed a constant ability to innovate and apply unique interpretations of architectural theory into practice that make them the unquestionable winners of this year’s RIBA Jencks Award.”

Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, 2005. Photo: Bren Barnes; Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Commenting on Herzog & de Meuron receiving the award, Charles Jencks said: “Herzog & de Meuron have the widest approach to architecture varying their style for each job. In this sense they epitomise the global search for an architecture of pluralism, one flexible enough for very different cultures. While a recognisable attitude runs through the work, and a commitment to intelligent design, it is the creative flexibility which stands out above other practices today. The high quality of the work is as notable as the wit; the amount of production as much as its personality. 

“This is due partly to their working methods, of dividing a large office of more than 400 into small, highly motivated design teams and creating the collegial atmosphere of a research institute. Their conceptual innovations combined with high turnover are highly risky, yet they have continued to produce architecture of the highest standard: rigorous and iconic, and plain or ornamented depending on the task at hand. 

“Their small medical work REHAB is exemplary; the open-access Schaulager Museum is interesting and provocative, and the VitraHaus is funny, mordant, and to the point. Herzog & de Meuron deserve a lifetime award as a local Basel office and a global practice. They seem to have finally squared the circle of large-scale architectural production.”

Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China, 2008. Photo: Peter23; Image via Wikimedia Commons.

On winning the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron said: “We are delighted to be the winners of this year’s RIBA Jencks Award. We feel especially happy about that prize since it honours theory as well as practice. Despite the many texts and books we have published, we still have doubts about the longevity of texts written by architects. The title of a few books may be remembered over time - the relevance of their content, though, ages faster than expected... We therefore always did our best not to separate theory from the built work. Buildings don't follow theory but the best buildings always allow for theoretical interpretations of all kinds.”

Elbe Philharmonic Hall, HafenCity in Hamburg, Germany, completion expected in 2016. Photo: Raimond Spekking; Image via Wikimedia Commons.

The annual RIBA Jencks Award is given to an individual or practice that has made a recent significant, simultaneous contribution to the theory and practice of architecture. The winner receives an honorarium of £1,000 and a certificate, and delivers a lecture at the RIBA. The award is managed by the RIBA following generous donations by architectural theorist, landscape architect and designer Charles Jencks towards an endowment fund invested by the RIBA, the interest of which finances the award’s administration and prize, as well as travel and accommodation expenses for the winner.

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