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Architecture The guide was updated: 2022-10-28

Basel is Switzerland’s architectural capital – the number of buildings designed by world-famous architects in such close proximity is unsurpassed, all in the midst of an architectural setting that has evolved over centuries.

Basel is home to internationally acclaimed architecture firms such as Christ & Gantenbein, Diener & Diener Architekten and Herzog & de Meuron. So why not leave your mark on the city where a dozen winners of the coveted Pritzker Architecture Prize have left theirs?

Novartis Campus

Novartis Campus

With about 20 buildings designed by top international architects, the Novartis Campus is a true Mecca of modern architecture.

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Museum der Kulturen Basel

Herzog & de Meuron created new exhibition spaces with a separate entrance and an extravagant roof – in the heart of the medieval city of Basel.

Dreispitz site

Dreispitz site

Some of the big names in contemporary architecture have transformed this industrial site into a modern city district.

Messe Basel

Messe Basel

“Eye to the sky”: the City Lounge and Hall 1 of Messe Basel by Herzog & de Meuron.

Vitra Campus

Vitra Campus

The site of the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein (Germany) is home to the first building by Frank O. Gehry in Europe, the first of Zaha Hadid’s construction designs and many other interesting buildings.

Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart

Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart

The building, designed by Wilfrid and Katharina Steib, was opened in 1980. The museum is one of the world’s first art museums dedicated solely to contemporary art.

S AM Swiss Architecture Museum

S AM Swiss Architecture Museum

The leading institution in the presentation of contemporary architecture and urbanism in Switzerland.

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