De Young Museum - San Francisco, CA - Architecture Prizes on Waymarking.com

"The current building was completed by architects Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Fong + Chan designed the newly built structure, which reopened on October 15, 2005. Structural, civil and geotechnical engineering was provided by Rutherford & Chekene; Arup provided mechanical and electrical engineering. The terrain and seismic activity in San Francisco posed a challenge for the designers Herzog & de Meuron and principal architects Fong & Chan. To help withstand future earthquakes, “[the building] can move up to three feet (91 centimeters) due to a system of ball-bearing sliding plates and viscous fluid dampers that absorb kinetic energy and convert it to heat”." (visit link)

Architect: Herzog & de Meuron Prize received: Pritzker Architecture Prize In what year: 2001 Website about the Architect: [Web Link] Website about the building: [Web Link]

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