Case Study BESPOKE HIGH TRANSPARENCY REVOL - VING DOORS. ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS AG, ROTKREUZ, SWITZERLAND This office tower for Roche Diagnostics emerged from an invited competition, which called for an energy-efficient high-rise building in the tradition of Roche’ s specific architectural language. The pur - pose of the high-rise building was to bring together the adminis - tration units (including 625 workplaces), which had previously been distributed among dierent buildings. This Burckhardt+Partner project won the competition in 2008. The 68m-high building, which can be seen from afar, is the land - mark of the Roche Diagnostics company site in Rotkreuz, directly at the three-way highway junction between Zurich, Lucerne and Gotthard. Not only does the glass skin make it possible to l

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