Roche Tower 2 (german: Roche Turm Bau 2) is a

skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...

in the

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

city of

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

. With a height of 205 meters the building will replace

Roche Tower Roche Tower (german: Roche-Turm) is a skyscraper in the Switzerland, Swiss city of Basel. At 178 metres, it is the second List of tallest buildings in Switzerland, tallest building in the country. The building, also known as "Building 1" (german: ...

1 as tallest building in Switzerland after the planned opening on 2 September 2022. The building was financed by pharmaceutical company

Hoffmann-La Roche F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has shares listed on the SIX ...

and designed by

Herzog & de Meuron Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd.,
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. It will accommodate 1700 employees. The skyscraper can withstand earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.9 on the

Richter magnitude scale The Richter scale —also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale—is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Francis Richter and presented in his landmark 1935 ...

Gallery

RocheArealBasel_01-20.jpg, Construction site in January 2020 RocheArealBasel_06-20.jpg, Construction site in June 2020 RocheBau2Basel_10-20.jpg, Construction site in October 2020 RocheBau2Basel_04-21.jpg, Construction site in April 2021

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