Roche Tower (German: Roche-Turm) is an office skyscraper in the Swiss city of Basel.
The entire construction ensemble, including the 205-metre (673 ft) "Building 2" research facility completed in 2022, was expected to cost three billion francs in total.
[1] When finished on 18 September 2015, Roche Tower overtook Prime Tower in Zürich as Switzerland's tallest building, the latter having held the record for four years.
[1] For the construction of the building, measures against earthquakes were envisioned and it stands on 143 pillars of reinforced concrete.
[2] It is supposed to endure an earthquake of 6.9 on the Richter scale and therefore surpass the security regulations by the government.