diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/openproject-ifc-models.module.ts b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/openproject-ifc-models.module.ts
index 1e85eb2ed0..94ccfc6b67 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/openproject-ifc-models.module.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/openproject-ifc-models.module.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ import {IFCViewerComponent} from './ifc-viewer/ifc-viewer.component';
 import {IFC_ROUTES} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/openproject-ifc-models.routes";
 import {IFCViewerPageComponent} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/pages/viewer/ifc-viewer-page.component";
 import {BCFContainerComponent} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/bcf/container/bcf-container.component";
+import {BimViewToggleDropdownDirective} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view-toggle-dropdown.directive";
+import {BimViewToggleComponent} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view-toggle.component";
 import {EmptyComponent} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/empty/empty-component";
+import {BimViewService} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view.service";
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -43,8 +46,6 @@ import {EmptyComponent} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/empty/empty-component"
       states: IFC_ROUTES
     })
   ],
-  providers: [
-  ],
   declarations: [
     // Pages
     IFCViewerPageComponent,
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ import {EmptyComponent} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/empty/empty-component"
     EmptyComponent,
     BCFContainerComponent,
 
+    // View selector
+    BimViewToggleComponent,
+    BimViewToggleDropdownDirective,
+
     IFCViewerComponent
   ],
   exports: [
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/openproject-ifc-models.routes.ts b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/openproject-ifc-models.routes.ts
index 892bd86c5b..95d08c9747 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/openproject-ifc-models.routes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/openproject-ifc-models.routes.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ export const IFC_ROUTES:Ng2StateDeclaration[] = [
     name: 'bim.space.list',
     url: '/list',
     component: IFCViewerPageComponent,
+    data: {
+      viewRoute: 'bim.space.defaults',
+    },
     views: {
       list: { component: BCFContainerComponent }
     }
@@ -58,6 +61,9 @@ export const IFC_ROUTES:Ng2StateDeclaration[] = [
     name: 'bim.space.defaults',
     url: '/defaults',
     component: IFCViewerPageComponent,
+    data: {
+      viewRoute: 'bim.space.defaults',
+    },
     views: {
       viewer: { component: IFCViewerComponent },
       list: { component: BCFContainerComponent }
@@ -67,6 +73,9 @@ export const IFC_ROUTES:Ng2StateDeclaration[] = [
     name: 'bim.space.defaults.model',
     url: '/model',
     component: IFCViewerPageComponent,
+    data: {
+      viewRoute: 'bim.space.defaults',
+    },
     views: {
       // Retarget and by that override the grandparent views
       // https://ui-router.github.io/guide/views#relative-parent-state
@@ -77,6 +86,9 @@ export const IFC_ROUTES:Ng2StateDeclaration[] = [
     name: 'bim.space.show',
     url: '/{model_id:[0-9]+}',
     component: IFCViewerPageComponent,
+    data: {
+      viewRoute: 'bim.space.show',
+    },
     views: {
       viewer: { component: IFCViewerComponent },
       list: { component: BCFContainerComponent }
@@ -86,6 +98,9 @@ export const IFC_ROUTES:Ng2StateDeclaration[] = [
     name: 'bim.space.show.model',
     url: '/model',
     component: IFCViewerPageComponent,
+    data: {
+      viewRoute: 'bim.space.show',
+    },
     views: {
       // Retarget and by that override the grandparent views
       // https://ui-router.github.io/guide/views#relative-parent-state
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/pages/viewer/ifc-viewer-page.component.html b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/pages/viewer/ifc-viewer-page.component.html
index ec92e1d9a2..aadbdcbf34 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/pages/viewer/ifc-viewer-page.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/pages/viewer/ifc-viewer-page.component.html
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
         </h2>
     </div>
     <ul class="toolbar-items">
+      <li class="toolbar-item">
+        <bim-view-toggle-button></bim-view-toggle-button>
+      </li>
       <li class="toolbar-item"
           *ngIf="manageAllowed">
         <a class="button"
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view-toggle-dropdown.directive.ts b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view-toggle-dropdown.directive.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2131c1721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view-toggle-dropdown.directive.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+//-- copyright
+// OpenProject is an open source project management software.
+// Copyright (C) 2012-2020 the OpenProject GmbH
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+//
+// OpenProject is a fork of ChiliProject, which is a fork of Redmine. The copyright follows:
+// Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Jean-Philippe Lang
+// Copyright (C) 2010-2013 the ChiliProject Team
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+// of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+//
+// See docs/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
+//++
+
+import {OPContextMenuService} from "core-components/op-context-menu/op-context-menu.service";
+import {Directive, ElementRef} from "@angular/core";
+import {OpContextMenuTrigger} from "core-components/op-context-menu/handlers/op-context-menu-trigger.directive";
+import {I18nService} from "core-app/modules/common/i18n/i18n.service";
+import {
+  bimListViewIdentifier,
+  bimSplitViewIdentifier,
+  bimViewerViewIdentifier
+} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view-toggle.component";
+import {StateService} from "@uirouter/core";
+import {BimViewService} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view.service";
+
+@Directive({
+  selector: '[bimViewDropdown]'
+})
+export class BimViewToggleDropdownDirective extends OpContextMenuTrigger {
+  constructor(readonly elementRef:ElementRef,
+              readonly opContextMenu:OPContextMenuService,
+              readonly bimView:BimViewService,
+              readonly I18n:I18nService,
+              readonly state:StateService) {
+
+    super(elementRef, opContextMenu);
+  }
+
+  protected open(evt:JQuery.TriggeredEvent) {
+    this.buildItems();
+    this.opContextMenu.show(this, evt);
+  }
+
+  public get locals() {
+    return {
+      items: this.items,
+      contextMenuId: 'bim-view-context-menu'
+    };
+  }
+
+  private buildItems() {
+    const current = this.bimView.current;
+    const viewRoute = this.state.current.data.viewRoute;
+
+    this.items = [bimViewerViewIdentifier, bimListViewIdentifier, bimSplitViewIdentifier]
+      .map(key => {
+        return {
+          hidden: key === current,
+          linkText: this.bimView.text[key],
+          onClick: () => {
+            switch (key) {
+              case bimListViewIdentifier:
+                this.state.go('bim.space.list');
+                break;
+              case bimViewerViewIdentifier:
+                this.state.go(viewRoute + '.model');
+                break;
+              case bimSplitViewIdentifier:
+                this.state.go(viewRoute);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+          }
+        };
+      });
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view-toggle.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view-toggle.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1439ef743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view-toggle.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// -- copyright
+// OpenProject is an open source project management software.
+// Copyright (C) 2012-2020 the OpenProject GmbH
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+//
+// OpenProject is a fork of ChiliProject, which is a fork of Redmine. The copyright follows:
+// Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Jean-Philippe Lang
+// Copyright (C) 2010-2013 the ChiliProject Team
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+// of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+//
+// See docs/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
+// ++
+
+import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component} from '@angular/core';
+import {I18nService} from 'core-app/modules/common/i18n/i18n.service';
+import {BimViewService} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view.service";
+
+
+export const bimListViewIdentifier = 'list';
+export const bimViewerViewIdentifier = 'viewer';
+export const bimSplitViewIdentifier = 'split';
+
+@Component({
+  template: `
+    <ng-container *ngIf="(view$ | async) as current">
+      <button class="button"
+              id="bim-view-toggle-button"
+              bimViewDropdown>
+        <span class="button--text"
+              aria-hidden="true"
+              [textContent]="bimView.text[current]">
+        </span>
+        <op-icon icon-classes="button--icon icon-small icon-pulldown"></op-icon>
+      </button>
+    </ng-container>
+  `,
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
+  selector: 'bim-view-toggle-button'
+})
+export class BimViewToggleComponent {
+
+  view$ = this.bimView.view.values$();
+
+  constructor(readonly I18n:I18nService,
+              readonly bimView:BimViewService) {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view.service.ts b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b81dd03f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/modules/ifc_models/view-toggle/bim-view.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// -- copyright
+// OpenProject is an open source project management software.
+// Copyright (C) 2012-2020 the OpenProject GmbH
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+//
+// OpenProject is a fork of ChiliProject, which is a fork of Redmine. The copyright follows:
+// Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Jean-Philippe Lang
+// Copyright (C) 2010-2013 the ChiliProject Team
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+// of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+//
+// See docs/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
+// ++
+
+import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, Component, Injectable, OnDestroy, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
+import {I18nService} from 'core-app/modules/common/i18n/i18n.service';
+import {DynamicBootstrapper} from "core-app/globals/dynamic-bootstrapper";
+import {
+  WorkPackageViewDisplayRepresentationService,
+  wpDisplayCardRepresentation,
+  wpDisplayListRepresentation, wpDisplayRepresentation
+} from "core-app/modules/work_packages/routing/wp-view-base/view-services/wp-view-display-representation.service";
+import {untilComponentDestroyed} from "ng2-rx-componentdestroyed";
+import {WorkPackageViewTimelineService} from "core-app/modules/work_packages/routing/wp-view-base/view-services/wp-view-timeline.service";
+import {combineLatest, Observable} from "rxjs";
+import {StateService, TransitionService} from "@uirouter/core";
+import {input} from "reactivestates";
+import {OpenprojectIFCModelsModule} from "core-app/modules/ifc_models/openproject-ifc-models.module";
+
+
+export const bimListViewIdentifier = 'list';
+export const bimViewerViewIdentifier = 'viewer';
+export const bimSplitViewIdentifier = 'split';
+
+export type BimViewState = 'list'|'viewer'|'split';
+
+@Injectable({ providedIn: OpenprojectIFCModelsModule })
+export class BimViewService implements OnDestroy {
+  public view = input<BimViewState>();
+
+  public text:any = {
+    list: this.I18n.t('js.ifc_models.views.list'),
+    viewer: this.I18n.t('js.ifc_models.views.viewer'),
+    split: this.I18n.t('js.ifc_models.views.split')
+  };
+
+  private transitionFn:Function;
+
+  constructor(readonly I18n:I18nService,
+              readonly transitions:TransitionService,
+              readonly state:StateService) {
+
+    this.detectView();
+
+    this.transitionFn = this.transitions.onSuccess({}, (transition) => {
+      this.detectView();
+    });
+  }
+
+  get current():BimViewState {
+    return this.view.getValueOr(bimSplitViewIdentifier);
+  }
+
+  private detectView() {
+    if (this.state.current.name === 'bim.space.list') {
+      this.view.putValue(bimListViewIdentifier);
+    } else if (this.state.includes('bim.**.model')) {
+      this.view.putValue(bimViewerViewIdentifier);
+    } else {
+      this.view.putValue(bimSplitViewIdentifier);
+    }
+  }
+
+  ngOnDestroy() {
+    this.transitionFn();
+  }
+}