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This is a list of tallest buildings in Switzerland. All buildings over 80 m (262 ft) are listed. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures. For those, see List of tallest structures in Switzerland.
Due to differing traditions, climate and building materials, villages in each region are distinctly different. The Swiss chalet style, which was popular in the 19th century represents only one of a number of traditional designs. Today, due to historic preservation laws and tourism, large and small communities have retained many of their ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Roche Tower – Switzerland's tallest building since 2015 Grande Dixence Dam, 285 m Blosenbergturm 217 m Hammetschwand Elevator, 157 m Basler Messeturm, 105 m Münster of Bern, 100 m A list of tallest structures in Switzerland. This list may be ...
The Prime Tower, also named "Maag-Tower" in an earlier stage of planning, is a skyscraper in Zürich, Switzerland, used mainly as office space.At a height of 126 metres (413 ft), it was the tallest building in Switzerland from 2011 until 2015, when the Roche Tower in Basel (standing at 178 m (584 ft)) was completed.
Uetliberg TV Tower at sunset, as seen from south-east Close-up of the observation deck. Uetliberg TV Tower is a 186.7-metre-high (613 ft) freestanding concrete TV tower on Uetliberg, near Zürich, Switzerland, built in 1990. The tower is used for radio and TV transmission. It is owned by Swisscom and generally not accessible to the public.
At this time in Zurich about a dozen high-rise buildings were under construction or in planning, including the Prime Tower as the tallest skyscraper in Switzerland at the time of its construction. There are numerous examples of brutalist buildings throughout the city, including the Swissmill Tower which, at 118m, is the world's tallest grain silo.
The von Wattenwyl house on Herrengasse 23 is a historic building in Bern, Switzerland, named after the von Wattenwyl family who owned it for over 200 years. The building was constructed during the Middle Ages , incorporating some older neighbouring properties; these can still seen in the eastern range of the house.
It was built near the Migros Tower, replacing a former grain elevator after the city voted in favor of building a larger silo. [2] The original mill ( Kornhaus ) was built in 1843 on the same site. The site required piles built to a depth of 45 metres (148 ft) in the bedrock of the Limmat Valley .