Swatch unveils new headquarters designed by Japan architect Shigeru Ban

BIEL, Switzerland - Swatch Group Ltd. has inaugurated its new headquarters in Biel, northern Switzerland, one of the world's largest timber structures designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban.The structure, which opened to the media on Oct. 3, is the second collaboration of Ban with the Swiss watch company. The Nicolas G. Hayek Center in Tokyo's Ginza district, named after the founder of Swatch, opened in 2007.Built entirely from Swiss timber and carbon dioxide neutral, the new headquarters' shape and scale-like facade composed of wooden elements inspired locals to call it the "giant serp…READ FULL ARTICLE