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High-rise projects multiply
Real estate news By Tribune de Geneve
12 Septembre 2007
In a departure from traditional Swiss planning, developers appeal to businesses who want their "place in space," offices elevated above the rest of the city with a panoramic view. Switzerland is succumbing to high-rise fever. Traditionally, the country’s larger cities have resisted tall buildings, with church towers typically poking out above centers with buildings averaging no more than six or seven storys. But that is changing. Zurich has just approved a 126-meter high building that would be the tallest in the country's financial capital.
Switzerland is succumbing to high-rise fever. Traditionally, the country’s larger cities have resisted tall buildings, with church towers typically poking out above centers with buildings averaging no more than six or seven storys. But that is changing. Zurich has just approved a 126-meter high building that would be the tallest in the country's financial capital.
Not to be outdone, Geneva has proposed building its own skyscrapers as part of the redevelopment of La Praille-Acacias-Vernet, a 230-hectare industrial sector. A cantonal plan released in May calls for nine high-rises ranging up to 175 meters high, for residential, office and business use. No detailed blueprint has yet emerged for the project, however, which is dependent on real estate developers. The tallest building currently in Switzerland is the Basler Messeturm, a 105-meter office tower completed in Basel in 2003. It is just five meters higher than the steeple of Bern’s cathedral.
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