To find the best architects for the project, Tate organised an international competition which attracted 148 entries. After a two stage short-listing process the eventual winners were the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron who are widely acknowledged as one of the leading practices among the younger generation in Europe.
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were both born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1950 and studied under Aldo Rossi and Dolf Schnelbi. The Herzog & de Meuron Architecture Studio was founded in Basel in 1978 and has been awarded many prizes including the prestigious Max Beckmann Award in 1996 and Shock prize in 1999. Two further partners Christine Binswanger and Harry Gugger joined the practice in the 1990s.
They have designed a number of widely admired buildings including the Goetz Gallery, Munich (1991-2), Ricola Europe Factory Building (1993), the Schüzenmattstrasse apartment building, Basel (1993) and the Railway Engine Depot and Signal Box Auf dem Wolf, Basel (1992-5).
In 1997 they were one of three architectural practices shortlisted for the expansion of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in December 1997 were announced as the architects for the redevelopment of the Laban Centre London, a brand new state-of-the-art dance training school in Deptford, South-East London.
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