Christ & Gantenbein

Company description

Christ & Gantenbein is an international practice dedicated to the broad realm of architecture. Founded in 1998 by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein, and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, the office employs a team of 100 architects from 20 countries. The firm's most prominent completed projects include the expansion and transformation of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich and the extension of the Kunstmuseum Basel, both of which are cultural landmarks with a global reach.

In recent years, the office completed the Lindt Home of Chocolate, a monumental yet versatile space for Lindt & Sprüngli in Zurich, and the Multifunctional Workspace Building for Roche in Germany, which represents a new interpretation of contemporary collaboration. In 2023, the firm completed the New Aare Bridge, a modern infrastructure construction that also serves as a part of the city, as well as the Vaugirard Housing development in Paris. Since 2017, they have been developing the master plan of the Wolf Areal in Basel, one of Switzerland’s biggest brownfields.

Company details

City:
BASEL
Address:
SPITALSTRASSE 12 4056 BASEL SWITZERLAND

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  • May 09, 2024

    Six teams shortlisted for Antwerp’s museum of contemporary art

    The city of Antwerp has selected six international design teams for the final stage of a competition to design an extension to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp, Belgium. The six chosen t...

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