The company's purpose is to operate an architectural firm, a general contracting business and provide all related services, participate in and finance construction projects of all kinds, offer services in the real estate industry, manage and broker, trade in, participate in and hold, acquire, sell, rent and lease, sublease and sublet real estate, participate in and finance companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, in particular those in the construction industry, as well as participate in and finance companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold, manage, sell, participate in or merge with similar or related businesses. The company may acquire, hold, dispose of, exploit or have exploited, manage and sell properties, real estate, intellectual property rights and commercial, literary or artistic property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish subsidiaries, branches and agencies in Switzerland and abroad and participate in them. It may also provide financing for its own account or for third-party account and grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company is authorized to conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose or is suitable to promote it. It also pursues this purpose by holding participations in similar or related companies and corporations in Switzerland and abroad.