When Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet selected the low-slung, swirling expansion proposal designed by a Bjarke Ingels-led team of collaborators in June 2014, the dreamy renderings looked promising. Now, six years later, the building finally opened at the company's Le Brassus headquarters in the watchmaking Vallée de Joux of Switzerland, and—judging by new Iwan Baan photos—the completed Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet certainly delivered on its promises.

"Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet is conceived as an oxymoron," declares the architects' project description, describing it as a "landmark that is seamlessly integrated in the local landscape. A contemporary yet timeless architecture that blends with the historical buildings to create an intuitive sequence of spaces—old and new."

The interiors of the coil's outer rings impress with generous amounts of natural light pouring in while opening up an unimpeded view towards the picturesque landscape of the Vallée de Joux.

Project Stats:

Size: 2,373 sqm / 25,543 sqft
Collaborators: BIG, Atelier Brückner, HG Merz, Lüchinger+Meyer, Muller Illien
BIG Partners-in-Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Christoffersen, Daniel Sundlin, Beat Schenk
BIG Project Leaders: Simon Scheller (Project Manager), Matthew Oravec (Project Architect), Otilia Pupezeanu (Project Designer), Ji-Young Yoon (Project Leader, Concept), Rune Hansen (Project Manager)