The project is internally known as One Roof, and it doubles as a statement about the bank’s operating model: partners and teams visible and close to one another; clients welcomed into the same spaces where decisions are made; sustainability built into materials, energy and mobility choices rather than applied retrospectively. Senior managing partner Hubert Keller calls it “a statement that represents who we are today and our future growth ambitions”.
Lombard Odier has opened its new headquarters on the shores of Lake Geneva, marking the bank’s biggest move in more than a century. Designed to bring over 2,000 employees under one roof for the first time, the building replaces six separate Geneva locations with a single open and flexible workspace. With capacity for 2,600 people, it is intended as a long-term investment in how the 229-year-old partnership works and grows in the years ahead.
Designed by international firm Herzog & de Meuron, the building is the architects’ first completed work in French-speaking Switzerland and opened on Sept 3, with staff moving in throughout September and October. The official address changes to 1, Chemin Messidor, 1293 Bellevue on Oct 1.
