The skyline of Switzerland's third-largest city is punctuated by the works of Pritzker laureates Herzog & de Meuron (H&deM), who may be a free-spirited art gallerist in a
driving directions striped shirt, a native speaker of Baseldeutsch like Roger Federer, or a glassy hunk of asymmetrical architecture. There isn't a certain style that can be pinpointed as "typically Basel," but we recognize it when we encounter it.