Stadtcasino Basel

• Prize
  Bronze in Architecture/Interior
• Photographer
  Francesca Pompei, Italy
• Date of Photograph
  2021
• Studio
  Francesca Pompei
• Website
  https://www.francescapompei.it
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/francescapompei6/

The Stadtcasino, home to the Basel Symphony Orchestra, dates to 1824 but its current facilities come from later: the 1876 Musiksaal, the Hans Huber Hall from 1905 and the Casino in 1939.
In 2012 the famous archistars Herzog & de Meuron were commissioned to restore and extend the interiors in the same neo-Baroque architectural tradition of the 19th-century original designed by Johann Stehlin.
The new Musiksaal reopened in 2020 but it was closed due to the Covid immediately after. From that moment, it has become one of the artistic Swiss landmarks basically unknown because of the pandemic.

A Philosophy graduate, Francesca Pompei is specialised in Art and Architecture Photography and her professional collaborations include projects for AD-Italia, the Vatican City State, Emre Arolat Architecture, Jaca Book, Living Corriere della Sera, Artribune, Venaria Reale, the Cultural Heritage Ministry and the Italian Embassy in Doha. Artist selected to celebrate Italy’s Republic Day 2020 and 2021, she is a member of PhotoVogue, in addition to her role as a Professor of Photography and Photography Subject Expert at the Faculty of Architecture in Sapienza University, in Rome.

Awards 2025
Best Photography Awards
Gold Winner of Professional-Architecture category

APA-Annual Photography Awards
Silver Winner in Architecture: History & Landmarks

TIFA-Tokyo International Foto Awards
Bronze Winner of Professional-Architecture category


2024
1839 Awards-2024 Color Photography Contest
Winner in Professional-Architecture

Fotofestival Lenzburg
Among the Winners

2023
Art of Building Photographer of the Year
Winner of the Public Choice

Architecture MasterPrize Award 2023
Winner of Photography-Cultural Interior category

Head On Photo Festival 2023
Semi Finalist- Landscape Award

Amedeo Modigliani Foundation Award 2023
Winner of the Photography category

LICC-London International Creative Competition
Official Selection in Professional-Shoot

ND Awards International Photography Contest
Honorable Mention in Professional-Architecture

IPA- International Photography Awards 2023
Official Selection

Best Photography Awards
Honorable Mention in Professional: Architecture

2022
FAPA-Fine Art Photography Awards
Nominee in Architecture Professional

Urbanautica Institute Awards 2021
Special mention in Representations of space, architecture and conflicts

LICC-London International Creative Competition
Finalist in Professional-Shoot

TIFA-Tokyo International Foto Awards
Gold Winner in Professional: Architecture Category

Siena International Photo Awards 2022
Finalist

2021
New Buildings 2021 prize
Winner

LensCulture Street Photography Award 2021
Top-notch entry

Fotografia Al Femminile Bresciani Visual Art
Finalist

URBAN 2021 Photo Awards
Selected artist

Lens Culture Critics’s Choice 2021
Top-notch entry

FAPA-Fine Art Photography Awards
Nominee in Architecture Professional


Aesthetica Art Prize
Selected artist

Siena International Photo Awards 2021
Finalist

LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2021
Top-notch entry