Design: Architecture / Zürich
Banking on it
As Pictet opens its new Zürich office, we meet the team behind the historic building’s overhaul.
Fresh isn’t a term typically used to describe the interiors of a bank, particularly one occupying a building from 1916. Yet this is the best word to illustrate the updated interiors of Pictet’s new Zürich office. Located on the city’s historic Bahnhofstrasse, the Swiss private bank occupies a sizeable chunk of the former Leu Bank building, refurbished in partnership with Zürich-based architect Tilla Theus.
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Sun-filled meeting room
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Warm welcome
Pictet’s head of arts and chief curator Loa Haagen Pictet, who was handed the keys amid pandemic lockdowns…