Roche Tower
Paths outward
- Location
- Basel, Switzerland
- Year
- 2015
- Typology
- Office
- Materials
- Concrete, Glass, Metal cladding
- Context
- Modernism, Contemporary
- Map
- Open location
Roche Tower, also known as Building 1, is an office skyscraper in the Swiss city of Basel. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron for the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche, it stands 178 metres tall with 41 floors. At the time of its opening, it was the tallest building in Switzerland, surpassing the Prime Tower in Zürich by 52 metres. The building has a total floor space of 74,200 m2 (799,000 sq ft) and cost CHF 550 million to construct. It houses around 2,000 employees.
