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Architects: Focketyn Del Rio Studio
- Area: 500 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Achille Castiglioni, Bouroullec Brothers, Flos
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Parterre One / Focketyn Del Rio Studio
Casa Forest / Daluz Gonzalez Architekten
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Architects: Daluz Gonzalez Architekten
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Daluz Gonzalez Architekten, Cadrage
Jazz Campus / Buol & Zünd
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Architects: Buol & Zünd
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Kvadrat Soft Cells
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Professionals: Applied acoustics, Sulzer + Buzzi, Pratteln, WGG Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG
Kunstmuseum Basel / Christ & Gantenbein
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Architects: Christ & Gantenbein
- Area: 8079 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: INCHFURNITURE, Jegen AG, Silatec
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Professionals: FS Architekten GmbH, Stokar + Partner AG, ZPF Ingenieure AG
Residencial Building Gelterkinden / Merki Schmid Architects
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Architects: Merki Schmid Architects
- Area: 350 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Jasari Bauabdichtungen, Mensch Rolladen AG, Rascor Abdichtungen AG
This Was Tomorrow: Reinventing Architecture 1953–1978
This Was Tomorrow is an exhibition about architectural imagination and the power, processes and poetics of creation and invention. It presents a series of twelve episodes—beginning in the 1950s—that look at the ferment of new ideas as architects began to re-conceive space in response to the conditions of a newly affluent society and the emergence of the electronic age.
Each of these investigations—from Le Corbusier’s late new harmony of form, to Aldo Rossi’s evocations of the force of history—looks into the basic elements, open futures and varied possibilities of architectural thinking, proposing fundamental new ideas and examining the potential of the built environment to reform the relations of humans to each other and to their environments.
Novartis Physic Garden / Thorbjörn Andersson + Sweco Architects
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Architects: Sweco Architects, Thorbjörn Andersson
- Area: 2800 m²
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: Wittmann
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Professionals: Basler + Partner, Sweco architects
Wooden Structure at Launchlabs / Stereo Architektur
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Architects: Stereo Architektur
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Frei Ingenieure, Hürzeler Holzbau AG
EM2N to Build Basel's New Museum of Natural History and State Archives
EM2N has won first prize in an international competition to design the new Museum of Natural History Basel and the State Archives Basel-City. Selected over 22 other proposals, the winning scheme "Zasamane" will unite both institutions within a single "storehouse" that will "combine knowledge about nature and culture" of the Swiss city. The elongated building will take shape with a subtle stagger that responds to the neighboring railway line and increases in density as it approaches Vogesenplatz. A slender tower will anchor the building, offering an "urban symbol" for both institutions.
HHF Architects Transform Existing Parking Structure into Public Destination
Swiss firm HHF Architects have released images and drawings for "Parking & More," a mixed-use structure and public facility for Basel's Dreispitz quarter.
An addition to an existing steel parking complex, "Parking & More" combines a parking lot with eateries, sport facilities, and shops, "creating a vibrant and lively street and a partially covered urban plaza." The project is adjacent to BIG's Transitlager ad Herzog & de Meuron's 312 Helsinki Dreispitz, forming a triumvirate of new developments that reflect the area's rapid rates of densification and urbanisation. Read more about "Parking & More" and view selected images after the break.
Lichtstrasse / HHF Architects
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Architects: HHF Architects
- Area: 3059 m²
- Year: 2015
'Frozen Time' Installation / Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane / Architects
Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane / Architects recently completed their 'Frozen Time' Installation for a Japanese watch brand CITIZEN in Baselworld which is the largest watch and jewel industry exhibition in the world. This year, the main exhibition hall was fully renewed, therefore all the brands are intended to express their next 4 year’s vision. Instead of just renewing entire booth for next 4 years, CITIZEN reserved a large reception space to be opened and to present an installation every year as space to evolve and to express their fundamental identity of ‘Challenging spirits’. More images and architects' description after the break.
Messe Basel New Hall / Herzog & de Meuron, by Hufton + Crow
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the Messe Basel New Hall stands out as an important urban planning matter for the development of the surrounding Kleinbasel neighborhood. The exceptional photographic work of Hufton + Crow highlights the highly modern building and optimum exhibition areas while showing how this interconnected design ensures flexibility for various events. The concentration of exhibition halls around the Messeplatz (Exhibition Square) is the key entrepreneurial aim of the Messe Basel leadership in its further development. A complete gallery of images can be viewed after the break.
Messe Basel New Hall / Herzog & de Meuron
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Architects: Herzog & de Meuron
- Area: 83297 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Aepli Metallbau AG, Atlas Schindler, BWB, Caparol, Citton AG, +26
VoltaMitte / Christ & Gantenbein
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Architects: Christ & Gantenbein
- Year: 2010
WohnWerk / Christ & Gantenbein
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Architects: Christ & Gantenbein
- Year: 2010
Water Reservoir / Berrel Berrel Kräutler
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Architects: Berrel Berrel Kräutler
- Year: 2008