The construction of the Beau Rivage Palace in Lausanne Ouchy started one year after the opening of the Lausanne train station in 1857 to plans by François Gindroz, Jean-Baptiste Bertolini and Achille de la Harpe. Its inauguration was in 1861. A second building designed by Eugène Jost, Maurice Schnell and Louis Bezencenet was added between 1906 and 1908.
![Beau Rivage Palace, Lausanne](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/716600ca-472b-4d19-8431-c5b603651c14_rw_1920.jpg?h=02d9ee9af9412247e49523f2cdf72e36)
Beau Rivage Palace, Lausanne
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Beau Rivage Palace, Lausanne - atrium
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Beau Rivage Palace, Lausanne - atrium
![Beau Rivage Palace, Lausanne - staircase](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/d8816e94-de89-49e5-b2b0-6d465801e6c7_rw_1920.jpg?h=a7bc58b285437bbd5d0569e7875c81ca)
Beau Rivage Palace, Lausanne - staircase
![Beau Rivage Palace, Lausanne - staircase](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/dbd53a1c-adbf-4483-93ef-ca4e6e0a2e6b_rw_1920.jpg?h=dcea2d6b1a4828ed8cb212651e6a4c5e)
Beau Rivage Palace, Lausanne - staircase
The Sandoz ballroom is decorated with a Art Nouveau stained glass dome produced by Eduard Dieckmann between 1907 and 1908.
![Sandoz ballroom glass dome by Eduard Diekmann](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/e93f1f04-aadd-4f51-a337-8de4dbc460c4_rw_1920.jpg?h=fa1a93b50651fb901f1dedaf6842474c)