March 2003
National Stadium/Construction started
Q. Are Herzog and de Meuron a couple?
PAIR OF ACES Jacques Herzog, one of the two founding partners of Herzog & de Meuron, viewing a design for the Berggruen Institute headquarters, to be built in Los Angeles. “We have never stopped being involved in every project, starting each project,” says Herzog, also 68.
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Q. Who designed the Bird Nest?
Herzog and de Meuron
ArupSportChina Architecture Design & Research Group
National Stadium/Architecture firms
Q. What is Herzog and de Meuron known for?
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, (respectively, born April 19, 1950, Basel, Switzerland ; born May 8, 1950, Basel ), Swiss architects who, as founders (1978) of the firm Herzog & de Meuron, were known for their reappropriation of traditional architectural elements and their inventive use of both natural and …
Q. When did Glenn Murcutt move to Australia?
Born in London, England in 1936 to Australian parents, Glenn Murcutt spent his early years in the Morobe Province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. Moving to Sydney in 1941, he attended Manly Boys’ High School and then went on to study architecture at the Sydney Technical College.
Q. Where does Glenn Murcutt currently live?
Mosman
Glenn Murcutt currently lives in Mosman with his third wife Wendy Lewin, also an architect, whom he married in 1998.
Q. Is Glenn Murcutt still working?
Glenn Murcutt works as a sole practitioner without staff, builds only within Australia and is known to be very selective with his projects….
| Glenn Murcutt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 July 1936 London, England |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Architect |
Q. What is bird spit drink?
Certain species, known as cave swiftlets, are unique in that rather than building nests from twigs they form intricately woven threads from their gummy saliva. The mixture is made of only sugar, bird’s nest, and water. The resulting taste is that of a slightly minerally and even somewhat floral simple syrup.
