Palazzo Lombardia

Complex of buildings in Milan, Italy, including a 43-storey, 528 ft tall skyscraper
45°29′12″N 9°11′46″E / 45.4866°N 9.1961°E / 45.4866; 9.1961Completed23 January 2010Cost€400 millionOwnerRegione LombardiaHeightRoof161 m (528 ft)Technical detailsFloor count43Floor area72,000 m2 (780,000 sq ft)Lifts/elevators32Design and constructionArchitect(s)Pei Cobb Freed & PartnersDeveloperInfrastrutture LombardeEngineerThornton TomasettiMain contractorConsorzio TorreReferences[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 the tallest skyscraper both in Milan and in Italy, being taller than both the Telecom Italia Tower in Naples and the Pirelli Tower in Milan. It lost its supremacy to the Unicredit Tower (also located in Milan) in 2011.

Palazzo Lombardia was designed by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, winner of an international design competition in 2004, with Henry N. Cobb as design partner.[5] The building won the 2012 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.

External links

  • Official website (in Italian)
  • Winner: "2012 Best Tall Building Europe"
  • SkyscraperCenter.com
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