Christ & Gantenbein

Christ & Gantenbein is an international practice dedicated to the broad realm of architecture. Founded in 1998 by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein, and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, the office employs a team of 100 architects from 20 countries. The firms most prominent completed projects include the expansion and transformation of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich and the extension of the Kunstmuseum Basel, both cultural landmarks with a global reach. In 2020, the office completed the Lindt Home of Chocolate, a monumental yet versatile space for Lindt & Sprungli in Zurich. In 2021, C&G completed the Multifunctional Workspace Building for Roche in Germany, representing a new interpretation of contemporary collaboration. Currently, the studio is working on a diverse range of projects across Europe. Among them are a social housing development in Paris, the extension of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, a housing and office building in the historic center of Ham...