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15 White Plaza Richard Meier, one of the first stars of the international architecture scene, gave the four-storey commercial building (1998) his signature elements: a bright white façade and clear, geometric shapes. > Viaduktstrasse 40, 4051 Basel 16 Elsässertor 2 The glass façade of the office building (2005) designed by Herzog & de Meuron is coloured red in the east and blue in the west – a tribute to France, whose train station is right next door. > Viaduktstrasse 3, 4051 Basel 17 Markthalle Tower The 14-storey residential and commercial building (2012) designed by Diener & Diener Architekten has an irregular pentagonal floor plan, allowing you to see two or three façades simultaneously depending on your viewpoint. > Steinentorberg 18, 4051 Basel 18 BIS With its cylindrical shape, the 69.5-metre-high office tower (1977) of the Bank for International Settlements by Burckhardt is still one of the most distinctive silhouettes in Basel. > Centralbahnplatz 2, 4051 Basel 19 Passerelle The Passerelle (2003) designed by the architect association of Cruz / Ortiz and Giraudi / Wettstein undulates over the tracks and connects the main building of the Swiss SBB railway station with the Gundeldingen district. > Centralbahnplatz-Güterstrasse, 4051 Basel 20 Meret Oppenheim high-rise The unconventionally stacked cubes clad with folding sliding panels give the 81-metre high-rise (2019) designed by Herzog & de Meuron its versatile personality. > Meret Oppenheim-Platz 1, 4053 Basel 10 City
21 Residenz Südpark Are you familiar with Tetris? It’s what we’re reminded of when we see the 12 different window shapes which make this retirement home (2012) designed by Herzog & de Meuron unmistakeable. > Meret Oppenheim-Strasse 62, 4053 Basel 22 Peter Merian House The office building (2000) designed by Zwimpfer Partner Architekten stretches over 180 metres and features an artist’s touch: the striking emeraldgreen glass façade was designed by American artist Donald Judd. > Peter Merian-Strasse 80–90, 4052 Basel 23 Jacob Burckhardt House The office building (2009) designed by Zwimpfer Partner Architekten follows the railway tracks over a length of 210 metres. Together with the Peter Merian House (•22), it looks back on a long planning history that began in 1986. > Hexenweglein 2–12, 4052 Basel 24 Central signal box The mysterious signal box building (1999) designed by Herzog & de Meuron with the characteristic copper lamella façade welcomes train passengers upon their arrival at the SBB railway station. > Münchensteinerstrasse 115, 4052 Basel 25 Grosspeter Tower The 22 floors of the high-rise building (2017) by Burckhardt reach 78 metres into the air. A 6000 m2 photovoltaic system is attached to its façade, which covers the building’s basic electricity requirements. > Grosspeteranlage 29, 4052 Basel 11
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