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.
Francesca Pompei, graduated with honour in Philosophy, is a photographer focused on arts and architectural images. She is a member of PhotoVogue and she is represented by the Art+Commerce Agency- PhotoVogue Collection New York. Among the artists selected to celebrate the Italy’s Republic Day 2020 and 2021, her work is online on LensCulture, blink, Dodho, L’Oeil de la photographie, Saatchi Art, Aesthetica, All About Photo, OpenEye, Glamour Affair, Artribune, Il Giornale dell’Architettura, Exibart,Fondo Malerba, Iconic Artist Magazine, Aesthetics of Photography, Perimetro and Better Photography.
Awards 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
ND Neutral Density Photography Awards 2021
Honorable mention in Professional: Architecture, Other category
IPA-International Photography Awards 2021
Honorable mention in Professional: Architecture, Other
The Motif Collective-Symmetry
Finalist
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
HIPA Award
Finalist
FAPA-Fine Art Photography Awards
Nominee in Architecture Professional
APA-Annual Photography Award
Honorable mention in Architecture
Aesthetica Art Prize
Selected artist
Siena International Photo Awards 2021
Finalist
LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2021
Top-notch entry
Best of Houzz 2021
Photographer selected by the community
The Motif Collective-Minimalism
Finalist
2020
IPA-International Photography Awards 2020
Honorable mention in Professional: Editorial/Press, Contemporary issues
PHOTO IS:RAEL’s International Photography Festival
Selected artist
The Motif Collective-Architecture
Finalist
Trieste Photo Days 2020
Selected artist
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020
Honorable mention in Fine Art- Architecture
MIFA-Moscow International Foto Awards
Bronze medal in the Editorial-Political category
Siena-Creative Photo Awards
Finalist
APA-Annual Photography Awards
Honorable Mention in the Photojournalism category
Aesthetica Art Prize
Selected artist
The Motif Collective-Minimalism
Finalist
