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M+ museum receives donations from Herzog & de Meuron including Bird's Nest stadium model

2023-03-21T13:51:00-04:00

Hong Kong's M+ museum of contemporary visual culture has announced a two-phase donation by Herzog & de Meuron, the firm behind its design.

The first phase of the donation consists of a section model of the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Beijing National Stadium (in collaboration with artist Ai Weiwei), known as the “Bird’s Nest”, which was the main site at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Installation view of the National Stadium section model at the M+. Photo: Lok Cheng. Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong.

The second phase will include a selection of process materials from the firm’s key projects in Asia and elsewhere. This donation makes M+ the first museum in Asia to boast a significant holding of materials related to the work of Herzog & de Meuron.

Detail of the National Stadium section model. © Herzog & de Meuron. Photo: Lok Cheng. Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong.

The “Bird’s Nest” model is currently on display in M+’s East Galleries as part of an ongoing exhibition titled Things, Spaces, Interac...

Jacques Herzog previews the M+ Museum and more of HdM's upcoming projects

2021-11-02T12:48:00-04:00

Architecture is the art of facts. You do a building or you don’t, and if you do a building, do it right. We shouldn’t have a moralistic standpoint. But make things so that they work, they are sustainable and they are beautiful.

The 71-year-old architect discussed the highly-anticipated M+ Museum which finally opens this month in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District. The Guardian also talked to Herzog about an upcoming library project for the state of Israel as well as his new headquarters for drugmaker AstraZeneca.

“Architecture continues to be a great business because it’s all about life,” he told the Observer's architecture critic, Rowan Moore, saying that he spent the pandemic contemplating "actually what I can do. I’m not so young any more. What do I want to do and how helpful can my business be in that endeavour? I’m pretty happy, but I’m also somehow scared of how vulnerable the world has become.”

The new museum opens on November 12th.

Herzog & de Meuron's new M+ museum in Hong Kong finally gets an opening date

2021-09-09T08:00:00-04:00

An opening date has been set for the long-anticipated M+ Museum in Hong Kong after years of delays.

The $750 million project from Herzog & de Meuron is being heralded as Asia’s largest and most significant center for contemporary visual art and was seen as the centerpiece of Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District when it was first announced in 2003.

Construction wrapped earlier in the year on the 700,000-square-foot facility which houses a 6,400-piece collection of contemporary art, media, and architecture across 33 galleries with a host of other amenities that includes three cinema-sized theaters and a research center.

Photo courtesy Kevin Mak. © Kevin Mak Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron.

Featuring a terracotta-clad facade with a south-facing LED display, the museum forms a T-shape with a podium and tower that stands over a triple-height installation space meant to give visitors a vertical orientation to the new...

Take a look inside Herzog & de Meuron's recently completed M+ museum in Hong Kong

2021-03-15T17:24:00-04:00

Designed by Herzog & de Meuron in partnership with TFP Farrells and Arup, the new M+ building has recently wrapped up construction and is set to open to the public later this year. This permanent home for the museum of contemporary visual culture is prominently located in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District on the Victoria Harbour waterfront.

The M+ building, exterior. Video: Fallout Media. Courtesy of M+

The 65,000 square-meter / 700,000 square-foot structure will house 17,000 square meters / 183,000 square feet of exhibition space across thirty-three galleries as well as three theaters, a mediatheque, a learning hub, a research center, museum shops, restaurants, a tea and coffee bar, a members lounge, office spaces, and a roof garden.

The M+ building, roof garden and LED facade. Video: Fallout Media. Courtesy of M+

"M+ certainly has the potential to become the major visual culture museum in Asia," said H&dM founding partner, Jacques Herzog. "It best expresses where we sho...

Interview: Aric Chen on M+ Museum's First Architecture Exhibition

2014-01-30T13:50:00-05:00

Can a museum collect architecture? The answer, say the curators of Hong Kong’s museum of visual culture, is yes. Though it won’t open its doors until 2017, M+ has already staged a number of exhibitions across the city, from 2012’s multi-site “Yau Ma Tei” to last year’s “Inflation!,” a collection of inflatable sculptures displayed on the grounds of its future home, the West Kowloon Cultural District.

Previously: Herzog & de Meuron / TFP Farrells Win M+ at West Kowloon Cultural District

Herzog & de Meuron / TFP Farrells Win M+ at West Kowloon Cultural District

2013-06-28T18:37:00-04:00

The team Herzog & de Meuron + TFP Farrells is the winner of the international competition to design M+, Hong Kong's future museum for visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District. The winning team will work closely with the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority over the next four years to design and deliver the ambitious project which is scheduled for completion in 2017.

Six teams were shortlisted in December last year and invited to submit conceptual designs for the building, including the international design heavy hitters Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Shigeru Ban Architects + Thomas Chow Architects, Snøhetta, and Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects + Benoy Limited.

Previously: Shortlist Announced for M+ at West Kowloon Cultural District

Shortlist Announced for M+ at West Kowloon Cultural District

2012-12-10T14:22:00-05:00

Earlier today the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority announced the winners of the competition for the Xiqu Centre. Also unveiled today was the shortlist of six design teams that have been invited to submit proposals for the architectural design of M+, Hong Kong’s future museum for 20th and 21st century visual culture within the District.

The six shortlisted teams are:

Herzog & de Meuron + TFP Farrells
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Shigeru Ban Architects + Thomas Chow Architects
Snøhetta
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects + Benoy Limited

UPDATE: Herzog & de Meuron / TFP Farrells Win M+ at West Kowloon Cultural District