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Herzog & de Meuron is an international architecture firm, founded in Basel, Switzerland in 1978.

13/06/2026

Twenty years ago, the Allianz Arena — then only a year old — hosted the opening ceremony of the . Over the course of the tournament, it staged six matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, including the opening game and a semifinal, featuring teams from 11 different countries. A total of 396,000 spectators attended the sold-out matches.

For several weeks, FIFA operated the stadium as an official World Cup venue before it returned as the home of and . In line with FIFA’s advertising rules, the giant “Allianz Arena” letters were temporarily removed and relocated to the roof of Munich’s Haus der Kunst.

From the opening match in 2006 to today, the Allianz Arena is an architectural landmark that has become a model for stadium operations and modern fan experience. It remains one of Europe’s leading stadiums two decades after its first kick-off.

Stay tuned for more insights into the Allianz Arena and our other stadiums as the World Cup continues.

10/06/2026

Daily life on Mount Titlis, during the Open Doors event at the Titlis Tower.

The 56-meter-high former antenna tower was originally constructed in the mid-1980s for telecommunications. Our project to transform the tower is part of the broader redevelopment strategy for the Titlis Bergbahnen, bringing together infrastructure and visitor amenities within a unified architectural vision. In keeping with local guidelines, the Titlis Tower is illuminated at night only a few days each year.

04/06/2026

We are honored to be selected as the winner of the international competition to revitalize the Palace of Congresses in Tirana, Albania. Yesterday, partner Olga Bolshanina presented the project on behalf of the team, with the jury’s decision announced later in the afternoon.

Our proposal intervenes in the existing building only where necessary. An innovative building for its time, the Palace of Congresses remains an important witness to the history of both Tirana and Albania. Rather than altering its identity, the project seeks to strengthen its relationship with the city and its public realm. A new landscape gradually steps down toward a generous entrance, forming a palace garden that provides a welcoming setting for public gathering and everyday life. Alongside the Palace of Congresses, a multifunctional tower accommodating offices and a hotel completes the project, shaped by vernacular logic and integrated with the Palace and neighborhood beyond.

Congratulations and thanks to our collaborators: Julian Beqiri, Marsela Demaj, Michel Desvigne Paysagistes (MDP), ARUP, LDK, Gentian Shkurti, SUEB Industries sh.p.k., The Space Factory Ltd, MBBM, and KLAR sh.p.k.

Images: Renwerk.ch / ARON LORINCZ ATELIERS / Photonimages.com

01/06/2026

The Titlis antenna tower was built in the mid-1980s as telecommunications infrastructure. Due to its exposed location over three thousand meters above sea level, the tower is anchored deep into the limestone mountain by a concrete structure and built with an almost filigree steel framework. The tower is defined by this existing steel structure, which we extend and develop with the addition of two horizontal volumes and four vertical circulation towers.

From the base, visitors ascend through the four vertical circulation towers, which complement the existing steel columns at each corner, leading all the way up to the viewing platform. The two fully glazed horizontal volumes extend in far-reaching cantilevers and overlap in a cross-shaped arrangement, creating a striking figure visible from afar while offering impressive panoramic views of the alpine landscape from within. The external load-bearing structure allows the interiors of the two new volumes to remain entirely column-free. More info at hdm.com

28/05/2026

On-site on Mount Titlis in Engelberg, Switzerland.

A few weeks ago, our team visited the TITLIS Tower, where final work was underway in anticipation of its opening at the end of this week.

Project TITLIS encompasses a comprehensive study and subsequent redevelopment of the mountain’s infrastructure, including the reuse and transformation of a 1980s radio tower. Two new glazed volumes have been inserted into the existing steel structure, housing restaurant and retail spaces. Find out more at hdm.com

27/05/2026

Located along former rail tracks that once connected the Dreispitz neighborhood to Basel’s main station, our new office building on Mailand-Strasse adopts the linear structure and scale of its industrial surroundings. The building’s form follows the geometry of the plot, defined by the acute angles of the branching rail spurs. A five-story plinth forms the base for a large pitched roof, beneath which three additional floors are arranged. This silhouette — shaped by regulations governing overshadowing — gives the building its distinctive presence.

Timber make up the majority of the structure, while concrete is limited to the foundations, seismic walls and slabs, and cores. Building layers anticipate disassembly, allowing components to be dismantled and reused independently as part of a continuous material cycle. This strategy is reflected in the façade, where a metallic outer skin protects the inner timber structure while keeping it visually legible.

24/05/2026

Daily life at Mailand-Strasse, our new office in the Dreispitz neighborhood of Basel.

Comparable in scale and vitality to our long-standing Rheinschanze Campus in the St. Johann quarter of Basel, the building has been purposefully designed to create new opportunities for exchange. A mix of environments — open work areas, meeting rooms, quiet retreats, and shared zones — alternates from floor to floor. Vertical elements, such as the distinctive northern stair, a double-height library, and a two-story collaboration area, provide orientation and foster exchange among teams. Roof terraces and loggias further extend these spaces outdoors.

22/05/2026

Our new building on Mailand-Strasse brings more than three hundred people together under one roof. Designed to foster exchange, it offers a variety of spaces, orientations, and circulation paths that encourage interaction and collaboration. In contrast to the organic, horizontal growth that evolved over many years at our Rheinschanze campus, Mailand-Strasse explores the idea of a vertical campus: a diverse workplace consolidated within a single multi-story building.

The project has a clear architectural identity: a rational and systematic structure with a distinctive, expressive character. The ambition was to realize a building where material choices and construction methods prioritize a low carbon footprint and enable circularity.

Find out more at hdm.com

08/05/2026

Daily life at the Information, Communication, and Media Center (IKMZ) of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg.

Last year, the IKMZ was officially heritage-listed by the state of Brandenburg. This marked the first building designed and built by Herzog & de Meuron to receive such a distinction, and one of the youngest buildings in Germany to be granted this status.

The building was conceived as a landmark — ‘ein Solitär’ — embodying the region’s optimism and fearlessness after the German reunion. The unconventional shape of the ‘library’ enables flexible, open layouts across all levels. Dense multicolored areas with book stacks in the building’s center alternate with multistorey reading rooms reaching out into the landscape.

We extend our gratitude to everyone who has worked towards achieving the IKMZ’s heritage status. We are thankful to be involved in looking after our buildings, even a long time after they are finished.

More info about this project at hdm.com/166

24/04/2026

Today we celebrated the topping out of Triangle alongside the some eight hundred people whose work has brought the building to this point. We thank the construction teams for their expertise and commitment that make the realization of this project possible. Partner Christoph Roettinger attended the event with the Paris team.

The building has reached its full height, and its silhouette now takes its place in the skyline of Paris — a new presence among the city’s axes and monuments. Triangle will be a vibrant place: from the shops and public spaces animating the street, to the workspaces, hotel, and terraces above, to the panoramic belvedere at the summit, open to all. A destination for everyone, Triangle will be a link between le Grand Paris and the historic city center for Parisians and visitors from around the world.

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