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In the historic setting of the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva serves as the representative office of the Secretary-General at Geneva. A focal point for multilateral diplomacy, UN Geneva services more than 8,000 meetings per year, making it one of the busiest conference centres in the world. It is also the biggest duty station outside the United Nations headquarters in New York. 

Through its daily activities, UN Geneva significantly contributes to the global United Nations’ efforts to maintain international peace and security, advance disarmament, protect and promote human rights, eradicate poverty, implement the Sustainable Development Goals, and provide fast, effective humanitarian relief in emergencies. 

https://www.ungeneva.org/en/about/who-we-are

The iconic dhow-shaped building of Dubai Opera is a masterpiece of contemporary design and a stylish tribute to Dubai’s maritime history. The building’s exquisite design, by Atkins and lead architect Janus Rostock.

Icons of American Modernism. The pendant lights that hang from the ceiling at CdR Capital's Geneva office are based on the original Bubble Lamps designed by George Nelson in 1947. Nelson’s Bubble Lamps are now part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Originally an architect at furniture company Herman Miller, Nelson incorporated self-webbing plastic around a metal frame.

According to Chinese thought, the number six represents longevity and expansiveness. Coincidentally, the number six features repeatedly in the numerology of CdR Capital, the address of the Geneva office and the design of the Hicks’ Hexagon wallpaper that has been used in all the CdR locations. Expressed as a hexagon, the number six is about harmony and balance.

Café Léo is our local café-restaurant in Geneva. It is on Rond-Point de Rive directly across the road from our offices. Decorated with la belle époque film posters and furniture, it is a Parisian style bistro that serves a mixture of Italian and French cuisine.

“I am attracted to free-flowing, sensual curves. The curves that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuousness of its rivers, in the waves of the ocean, and on the body of the beloved woman.” Oscar Neimeyer’s architectural inspiration for the tilde-shaped Edifício Copan in São Paulo.

Le Jet d’eau, one of the tallest fountains in the world, can be found on Lake Geneva (also known as Lac Léman). Originally built in 1886 to control and release the excess pressure of a hydraulic plant at La Coulouvrenière, the pencil fountain has had three incarnations. The second fountain spurted water 90 metres high from the Jetée des Eaux-Vives on Sundays and public holidays from 1891. It was relocated to another part of the lake in 1951. Its engines now pump 500 litres of water per second to the height of 140 metres.