Former Tradesmen's Bank Basel (Handwerkerbank Basel)

With Lasa marble from boom building to architectural monument

On the Bankenplatz in Basel, on the corner site between Aeschenvorstadt and Elisabethenstrasse, is the building of the former Handwerkerbank (Tradesmen’s Bank) Basel. Completed in 1961, this showpiece building is one of the most representative post-war modernist buildings in Switzerland. A particularly striking feature of the building is the almost complete cladding of the façade with LASA VENATO FIOR DI MELO®, one of the Lasa Marmo commercial varieties.

Project Information

Basel, Switzerland, 1958-1961

Product:Facade cladding
Architect:Franz Bräuning, Hans Leu and Arthur Dürig
Photos:Paul Graf ©LASA Marmo
Medialink:architekturbasel.ch

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