Roche Tower 2 | |
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Roche Turm Bau 2 | |
![]() Roche Tower 2 (left) | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Office building |
Location | Basel, Switzerland |
Address | Grenzacherstrasse 124 |
Construction started | 2018 |
Opened | 2 September 2022 |
Cost | CHF 550 million |
Owner | Hoffman-La Roche |
Height | |
Architectural | 205 m (673 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 50 |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Herzog & de Meuron |
Roche Tower 2 (German: Roche Turm Bau 2) is a skyscraper in the Swiss city of Basel.[1] With a height of 205 metres (673 ft), the building replaced Roche Tower 1 as the tallest building in Switzerland after it opened on 2 September 2022.[2][3]
The building was financed by pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche and designed by Herzog & de Meuron. It accommodates 1,700 employees.[4] The skyscraper is resistant towards earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale.[5]
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