Palazzo Lombardia

Coordinates: 45°29′12″N 9°11′46″E / 45.4866°N 9.1961°E / 45.4866; 9.1961
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Palazzo Lombardia
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Alternative namesGrattacielo Regione Lombardia
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeGovernment offices
Architectural styleModernism
LocationVia Melchiorre Gioia
Milan, Italy
Coordinates45°29′12″N 9°11′46″E / 45.4866°N 9.1961°E / 45.4866; 9.1961
Completed23 January 2010
Cost€400 million
OwnerRegione Lombardia
Height
Roof161 m (528 ft)
Technical details
Floor count43
Floor area72,000 m2 (780,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators32
Design and construction
Architect(s)Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
DeveloperInfrastrutture Lombarde
EngineerThornton Tomasetti
Main contractorConsorzio Torre
References
[1][2][3][4]

Palazzo Lombardia ("Lombardy Building") is an office complex in Milan, Italy, including a 43-storey, 161 m (528 ft) tall skyscraper.
It is the main seat of the Lombardy regional government, located in the Centro Direzionale di Milano (CBD, Central Business District), north-west of the city centre.

It was first inaugurated on 22 January 2010, and officially completed on 21 March 2010. After its completion, the Regione Lombardia skyscraper was briefly

Unicredit Tower
(also located in Milan) in 2011.

Palazzo Lombardia was designed by the architectural firm

International Architecture Award for the best new global design.[6]

Gallery

  • The entrance to the building.
    The entrance to the building.
  • Città di Lombardia square.
    Città di Lombardia square.
  • Palazzo Lombardia seen from Gae Aulenti square.
    Palazzo Lombardia seen from Gae Aulenti square.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Palazzo Lombardia". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. ^ "Emporis building ID 207663". Emporis. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Palazzo Lombardia". SkyscraperPage.
  4. ^ Palazzo Lombardia at Structurae
  5. ^ Lombardia Region Portal: Announcement of the international competition winners, 4 May 2004, retrieved 3 August 2010 (in Italian)
  6. ^ "International Architecture Awards 2012". The Chicago Athenaeum. August 10, 2013. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.

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