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 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
APA-Annual Photography Awards
Honorable mention in Architecture-Interiors
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
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
