Ribbed board-formed concrete — the kind that leaves the grain of timber shuttering pressed into its surface — gives the facade on Grenzacherstrasse its unmistakable texture, a grid of deep-set square windows punched through the pale grey mass like a brutalist waffle. The building, designed by the Basel architecture practice Buchner Bründler and completed in 2018, was conceived from the outset as a hotel rather than adapted from an existing structure, which gives Nomad Design & Lifestyle Hotel an internal coherence that conversions rarely achieve. Eighty rooms across seven floors share the same exposed concrete ceilings, their rawness offset by full-height oak panelling behind the beds and warm woollen headboards banded in navy, the interiors handled by Stuttgart-based studio Ippolito Fleitz Group. The rooms carry a considered eclecticism — Noguchi-influenced paper globe pendants, low-slung platform beds layered with mustard and plum throws, vintage-feeling globe lamps on side tables — without tipping into the curatorial excess that plagues lifestyle hotel interiors. Downstairs, the restaurant plays the concrete structure against pendant globe lights from the Nelson Bubble family and teal upholstered chairs clustered around solid oak tables, mature indoor trees anchoring the space against the hard ceiling. A plywood-lined lounge tucked into the building's interior offers a warmer register, black steel shelving units doubling as room dividers and filled with trailing plants, design books, and objects that suggest a collector's sensibility without performing it.

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Urban, unique and inspiring. This is the 4-star Design & Lifestyle Hotel Bar Eatery Nomad in the middle of Grossbasel. It’s here where locals and guests from around the world find their temporary home. Modern architecture in combination with a homely design characterise the hotel with a unique charm: from the gym with sauna, to the Business Rooms, right up to the Penthouse Suite.