A firm of architects has been hired to design the new HQ for the Geneva-based private bank.

Geneva-headquartered Lombard Odier, which is consolidating some of its offices into a single site in the Swiss city, has awarded architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron the right to build its headquarters in Bellevue.

The architecture firm was the unanimous choice of the contest’s jury, chaired by Hugo Bänziger, managing partner of Lombard Odier, the private bank said in a statement late last week.

Some eight international architectural practices took part. The project was due to be revealed today in Geneva.

“Herzog & de Meuron truly understood our vision of resolutely contemporary architecture, which will look  remarkable from the sky, land and lake. They conceptualised a cutting-edge head office. It will be a symbol of the bank of tomorrow by combining a sense of timeless elegance with innovation as well as blending harmoniously with its exceptional surroundings,” Patrick Odier, senior managing partner of Lombard Odier, said.

The runner-up practices (in alphabetical order) were: Atelier d’architecture Brodbeck-Roulet; ernard Tschumi Architects; Bjarke Ingels – BIG; Diener & Diener Architekten; Dominique Perrault Architecture; Favre & Guth, Rem Koolhaas – OMA.

In April, the private bank said it intended to build a new global headquarters in Bellevue (Geneva) on the shore of Lake Geneva in order to bring all its staff together under one roof. 

When completed in 2021, the office will accommodate up to 2,600 workspaces.