{"id":434,"date":"2025-07-31T17:27:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=434"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:07:53","slug":"herzog-de-meuron-and-ehdd-to-create-eames-design-museum-in-1960s-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/herzog-de-meuron-and-ehdd-to-create-eames-design-museum-in-1960s-warehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Herzog & de Meuron and EHDD to create Eames design museum in 1960s warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Architecture studios Herzog & de Meuron<\/a> and EHDD are set to convert the 1960s former Birkenstock campus in California, USA, into a design museum for the Eames Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n

The architecture studios are set to turn the building, which was designed in the 1960s by modernist architect John Savage Bolles, into a “world-class art and design museum”.<\/p>\n

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Herzog & de Meuron and EHDD are set to convert the warehouse into a design museum for the Eames Institute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Located on a 88.5-acre site in Novato, just north of San Francisco<\/a>, the distinctive warehouse<\/a> and neighbouring office building were originally designed for publishing company McGraw-Hill.<\/p>\n

More recently, the buildings were used by German shoe company Birkenstock<\/a> before being acquired by the Eames Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The campus is located north of San Francisco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Herzog & de Meuron<\/a> and EHDD<\/a> are set to transform the campus into a museum that will display works from the Eames archives and host contain art exhibitions, maker spaces and workshops.<\/p>\n

“The acquisition of the Birkenstock campus is a transformational step for the Eames Institute \u2013 the culmination of a long-held dream and our deep commitment to the North Bay community,” said Eames Institute CEO John Cary.<\/p>\n

“This extraordinary space will enable us to expand our programming and reach a broader audience, while serving as a permanent anchor for creativity and innovation in the Bay Area.”<\/p>\n

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It contains two buildings that will be converted to contain exhibition space<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Located just off the Redwood Highway, the campus’s warehouse building features a tent-like concrete roof that design consulates Herzog & de Meuron and executive architects EHDD will preserve as part of the renovation.<\/p>\n

Renders of the converted campus show the buildings clad in wooden slats, with the historic concrete structure jutting over low-lying walls.<\/p>\n

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The building’s original roof and concrete structure will be incorporated into the design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Drawing on our expertise of adapting historic structures, most notably the Tate Modern in London, we are thrilled to now help transform this modernist campus into a vibrant public arts destination serving the Bay Area and beyond,” said Herzog & de Meuron partner Simon Demeuse.<\/p>\n

According to the team, the design is not yet finalised, although interiors will contain large-scale exhibitions.<\/p>\n