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  1. Roche-Turm 2 1
    Roche-Turm 2
    SwitzerlandBasel
    205 m 50 fl 2021
  2. Roche-Turm 2
    Roche-Turm
    SwitzerlandBasel
    178 m 41 fl 2015
  3. 425 pRED Bau 7 3
    425 pRED Bau 7
    SwitzerlandBasel
    115 m 25 fl
  4. Basler Messeturm 4
    Basler Messeturm
    SwitzerlandBasel
    105 m 32 fl 2003
  5. Baloise-Hochhaus 5
    Baloise-Hochhaus
    SwitzerlandBasel
    87 m 25 fl
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    6
    425 pRed Bau 6
    SwitzerlandBasel
    72 m 15 fl
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    7
    St. Jakob-Turm
    SwitzerlandBasel
    71 m 16 fl 2008
  8. Elisabethenkirche 8
    Elisabethenkirche
    SwitzerlandBasel
    71 m 1865
  9. Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich 9
    Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich
    SwitzerlandBasel
    70 m 20 fl 1977
  10. Lonza AG 10
    Lonza AG
    SwitzerlandBasel
    68 m 20 fl 1962
  11. Basler Münster 11
    Basler Münster
    SwitzerlandBasel
    67 m 1529
  12. Antoniuskirche 12
    Antoniuskirche
    SwitzerlandBasel
    62 m 1931
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    13
    Entenweid III
    SwitzerlandBasel
    44 m 13 fl 1951
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    14
    Entenweid I
    SwitzerlandBasel
    44 m 13 fl 1951
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    Entenweid II
    SwitzerlandBasel
    44 m 13 fl 1951
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    Spalentor
    SwitzerlandBasel
    40 m 1398
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    Wasserturm Bruderholz
    SwitzerlandBasel
    35 m 1926
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    WSJ-158 Novartis Campus
    SwitzerlandBasel
    22 m 6 fl
  19. Messehalle 3 19
    Messehalle 3
    SwitzerlandBasel
    19 m 4 fl 1964
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    Empfang Novartis Campus
    SwitzerlandBasel
    5 m 1 fl 2007
  21. Grosspeter Tower 21
    Grosspeter Tower
    SwitzerlandBasel
    22 fl 2017
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    Redingstraße 20/22
    SwitzerlandBasel
    18 fl
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    23
    Lehenmattstraße 280/282
    SwitzerlandBasel
    18 fl
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    Redingstraße 10/12
    SwitzerlandBasel
    18 fl
  25. Hoffmann & La Roche AG, Gebäude 52 25
    Hoffmann & La Roche AG, Gebäude 52
    SwitzerlandBasel
    18 fl 1961
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    Novartis, Gebäude 210
    SwitzerlandBasel
    18 fl
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    27
    Lehenmattstraße 308/310
    SwitzerlandBasel
    18 fl
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    Hechtliacker 44
    SwitzerlandBasel
    17 fl 1965
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    Karl Jaspers-Allee 40
    SwitzerlandBasel
    17 fl
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    Schorenweg 30/32
    SwitzerlandBasel
    16 fl 1951
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    Schorenweg 20/22
    SwitzerlandBasel
    16 fl 1951
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    Lehenmattstraße 236
    SwitzerlandBasel
    15 fl
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    Prattelerstraße 11
    SwitzerlandBasel
    14 fl 1957
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    ABM-Hochhaus
    SwitzerlandBasel
    13 fl
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    Im Rankhof 4
    SwitzerlandBasel
    13 fl
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    Spalenring 166
    SwitzerlandBasel
    13 fl
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    COOP Hauptsitz
    SwitzerlandBasel
    13 fl
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    Hochbergerplatz 1
    SwitzerlandBasel
    12 fl
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    Claragraben 116
    SwitzerlandBasel
    11 fl 1985
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    Laufenburgerstrasse 2
    SwitzerlandBasel
    10 fl 1978
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    Waldshuterstrasse 4
    SwitzerlandBasel
    10 fl 1970
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    Magnolienpark 2
    SwitzerlandBasel
    10 fl 1958
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    Gellertstrasse 23
    SwitzerlandBasel
    10 fl 1958
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    Hilton Hotel
    SwitzerlandBasel
    9 fl
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    Wohnhochhaus Claragraben
    SwitzerlandBasel
    9 fl 1950
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    Picasso Haus
    SwitzerlandBasel
    8 fl
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    Erlentor
    SwitzerlandBasel
    7 fl 2010
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    Densa Park
    SwitzerlandBasel
    6 fl
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    Volta West
    SwitzerlandBasel
    6 fl 2010
  50. Hotel Les Trois Rois 50
    Hotel Les Trois Rois
    SwitzerlandBasel
    6 fl 1844
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    51
    Wohnhaus Bonifacius
    SwitzerlandBasel
    5 fl 2010
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    52
    WSJ-153 Novartis Campus
    SwitzerlandBasel
    5 fl 2008
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    WSJ-355
    SwitzerlandBasel
    5 fl 2009
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    Besucherzentrum Novartis
    SwitzerlandBasel
    5 fl 2006
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    UKBB Universitäts- und Kinderspital beider Basel
    SwitzerlandBasel
    5 fl 2010
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    56
    Laborgebäude WSJ-152
    SwitzerlandBasel
    5 fl 2007
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    Forum 3
    SwitzerlandBasel
    5 fl
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    Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz
    SwitzerlandBasel
    5 fl
  59. Schule für Gestaltung 59
    Schule für Gestaltung
    SwitzerlandBasel
    4 fl 1892
  60. Kollegienhaus 60
    Kollegienhaus
    SwitzerlandBasel
    3 fl 1993
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    61
    Fussballstadion St. Jakob-Park
    SwitzerlandBasel
  62. Martinskirche 62
    Martinskirche
    SwitzerlandBasel
    1287
  63. ▢
    63
    B97
    SwitzerlandBasel
  64. ▢
    64
    Helvetia Patria Versicherungen
    SwitzerlandBasel
    1956
  65. Basel Badischer Bahnhof 65
    Basel Badischer Bahnhof
    SwitzerlandBasel
    1913
  66. Barfüsserkirche 66
    Barfüsserkirche
    SwitzerlandBasel
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