BIS reveals winning design for new HQ tower

Second tower will be major addition to Basel skyline – if it gets the go-ahead

Concept design for new BIS HQ tower, showing surrounding buildings
Concept image of the existing circular BIS tower with the new tower adjacent
Elemental/Nissen Wentzlaff Architekten

The Bank for International Settlements unveiled the winning design for a major expansion of its head office today (December 14).

The 11-member jury chose an “innovative and sustainable” design by Chilean architects Elemental and Basel-based Nissen Wentzlaff Architekten.

If it goes ahead, the project will see several “ageing” buildings adjacent to the main BIS tower demolished and replaced with a second tower connecting to the first. The BIS would expect to move staff out of the Botta building

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