Lisbon’s new riverside architectural icon, designed by London-based studio AL_A, opened last week to a flood of visitors.

Founded in 1879 by German entrepreneur Guillermo Krug, the Relojería Alemana’s first jewelry store still stands on a corner of the Carrer del Colón, amid the labyrinthine tangle of cobbled lanes and alleyways that make up the quaint historical district of Palma de Majorca, Spain.

Two office towers energize the Portuguese capital's waterfront and embrace the changing workplace.