List of high-rise buildings in Switzerland

This is a list of the tallest skyscrapers in Switzerland . The 178 meter high Roche Tower (Building 1) in Basel is the tallest building in Switzerland. However, the tallest free-standing building in Switzerland is the St. Chrischona TV tower , which is only a few kilometers away from Basel and is 250 meters high . It is not on the list because it has hardly any usable space and is not a habitable building.

Highest building

This list shows the tallest buildings in Switzerland . Completed buildings are listed, those under construction only when they have already reached their final height. The official height with the height of the building structure including spiers, but without antennas and other technical structures, applies to the ranking list. The Tour Bel-Air in Lausanne is the first skyscraper in Switzerland and, with its 68 meters, is used as the lower limit for this list.

image	rank	Surname	Height m	Usage (from bottom to top)	Floors	completion	city	Remarks
	1	Roche Tower (Building 1)	178	office	41	2015	Basel	Construction period from 2012 to 2015. The tallest building in Switzerland since its construction.
	2	Prime Tower	126	Office / restaurant	36	2011	Zurich	Construction period 2008–2011. The tallest building in Switzerland by 2015.
	3	Exhibition tower Basel	105	Hotel / office / club	31	2003	Basel	Construction period 2001-2003. Until 2011 tallest building in Switzerland.
	4th	JaBee Tower	100	Apartments	27	2019	Dubendorf	Construction period 2016–2019. Highest residential tower in Switzerland. The name is derived from the former property owner Jakob Beerstecher.
	5	Sulzer high-rise	99.7	office	28	2004	Winterthur	Sometimes also called Wintower . Construction period 1962–1966. From 1966 to 2003 the tallest building in Switzerland at 92.40 meters. In 2004, during renovation, it was increased by two floors to 99.7 meters.
	6th	Hardau skyscraper 1	95.4	Apartments	33	1978	Zurich	Height after source 93 m. In newspaper articles at the time, however, 95.4 m consistently.
	7th	Cité du Lignon - Grande Tour	91	Apartments	34	1968	Vernier	-
	8th	Red Tower	90	Office / restaurant	24	1999	Winterthur	Also called the Red Tower. With antenna 100 meters high.
-	9	Baloise skyscraper	89	Hotel / office	24	2020	Basel	-
-	10	HOCHZWEI 1	88	Apartments	33	2012	Lucerne	The tallest, purely residential high-rise in Switzerland.
	10	Hagenholzstrasse high-rise	88	office	33	2005	Zurich	Formerly diAx Tower, later Sunrise Tower . Construction period 2000–2005.
	12	Hardau skyscraper 2	86	Apartments	30th	1978	Zurich	-
	13	Telli high-rise	85	Office / mall	32	1972	Aarau	Tallest building in the canton of Aargau. Tower is used by the cantonal administration.
	13	Swissôtel Zurich	85	hotel	32	1972	Zurich	-
-	13	Lacuna skyscraper	85	Apartments	25th	1972	Chur	-
	13	Giessenturm	85	Apartments	26th	2020	Dubendorf	-
	17th	Ceres Tower	82	Office / apartments	23	2017	Pratteln	Construction period 2015–2017
-	18th	Park tower	81	Apartments / office	25th	2014	train	-
	18th	Mobimo Tower	81	Hotel / apartments	24	2011	Zurich	-
	18th	Meret Oppenheim skyscraper	81	Office / apartments	19th	2019	Basel	-
	21st	Volcano	80	Apartments	26th	2018	Zurich	-
	21st	High-rise Hard Turm Park	80	Hotel / apartments	24	2014	Zurich	-
-	21st	Limmat Tower	80	Apartments / shops	24	2013	Dietikon	-
	21st	Andreasturm	80	office	22nd	2018	Zurich	-
	21st	WestLink Tower	80	Office / apartments	21st	2017	Zurich	-
	26th	City West twin towers	79	Apartments	?	2011	Chur	Double skyscraper
	27	Hardau skyscraper 3	78	Apartments	27	1978	Zurich	-
	27	Grosspeter Tower	78	Administration and rental buildings	22nd	2017	Basel	-
	27	House 04	78	hospital	?	1975	St. Gallen	Part of the St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital
-	30th	Zollly	77	Apartments	23	2014	Zurich	-
-	30th	House HOCHZWEI 2	77	Apartments	?	2012	Lucerne	-
	32	Helvetia Tower	75	Apartments / shops	24	2016	Pratteln	-
	32	Toni area	75	University / apartments	22nd	2014	Zurich	-
	34	Migros high-rise, Limmatplatz	74	office	20th	1981	Zurich	-
-	34	Cloud work	73	Apartments / office	23	2020	Zurich	-
	36	Hardau high-rise 4	72	Apartments	23	1978	Zurich	-
-	36	Former Swisscom high-rise	72	?	19th	1971	Bern	-
	38	St. Jacob Tower	71	Office / apartments	?	2008	Basel	Construction period 2005-2008.
	38	Shoppi Tivoli	71	Office / shopping center	25th	1970	Spreitenbach	Image: As of 2011
	40	Löwenbräu area, Limmatstrasse	70	office	21st	2013	Zurich	Image: As of June 2012
	40	Werd high-rise, Werdstrasse 75	70	office	18th	1975	Zurich	City administration building
	40	High-rise bed building at Triemli City Hospital	70	hospital	18th	1970	Zurich	-
	40	Glatt Tower	70	Office / mall	?	1975	Wallisellen	-
-	40	Langacker Spreitenbach	70	Apartments	?	?	Spreitenbach	-
	45	BIS tower	69.5	office	20th	1977	Basel	Construction period 1972–1977.
	46	Lonza skyscraper	68	office	19th	1962	Basel	Construction period 1960–1962.
	46	Tour Bel-Air	68	office	19th	1932	Lausanne	Construction period 1929–1931. Considered the first high-rise building in Switzerland.
	46	Richti high-rise	68	office	18th	2013	Wallisellen	Part of the large Richti-Areal development
-	46	Roche high-rise (building 5)	68	office	15th	2011	Red cross	-
	46	Novartis - Building K-25	68	office	?	1966	Basel	-
-	46	Novartis - Building 386	68	office	?	?	Basel	-
-	46	ATMOS TOWER	68	office	17th	2020	Zurich	-
-	46	Serliana Tower	68	Office / hotel	20th	2020	Wallisellen	-

See also

• List of tallest structures in Switzerland
• List of the tallest sacred buildings in Switzerland

Web links

• bilanz.ch: Skyscrapers: Taking it to the extreme , article by Andreas Güntert from January 29, 2010
• bauforschungonline.ch: The rocky road to the first skyscraper in Switzerland , article by Robert Walker from September 24, 2006

Individual evidence

1. ↑ stadt-zuerich.ch
2. ↑ Information about the Helvetia Tower ( memento of the original from June 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.