CHANCERY, ITALIAN EMBASSY

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S.A.

1) Project: Four-story building, approximately 2,500 mq each floor. The project includes space for the Italian Embassy diplomatic representatives, the military attache, the consular representatives, the Cultural Institute, and the public areas, including a multilevel entrance hall for events and displays, a video and audio tape library, and the library.

2)  Design team:
Principal: Piero Sartogo
Design team: Piero Sartogo e Nathalie Grenon, Susanna Nobili.

3)  Date: 1993, winning project of the competition on invitation, in which the other participating architects were: Renzo Piano, Aldo Rossi, Vittorio Gregotti, Gae Aulenti, Carlo Aymonino, Antonio de Feo, and Vico Magistretti. 1995, executive design stage. 1999, beginning of work. 1999, completion.

4)  Budget: $24 million or 48 billion lira

5) Exucuted Service: 
a) Competition of project.
b) Executive project.
c) Design coordination.
d) Supervision of work, in cooperation with Leo A. Daly, architect of record and engineer, Washington, D.C. The following professionals were on the team: Leo A. Daly, Washington D.C.; structure and plant, Schabel, Washington, D.C.; lighting, Geotechnics-Brandstone, New York, N.Y.; mechanical engineerging, M.S.I., Washington D.C.; mechanical engineering, Electron, Rome, Italy; safety, Metcoe, U.S.A., specialized technology.

6) Client: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 

7) Pubblished in:

OFX N°58 Febbraio 2001; La Repubblica, 22 Giugno 2000; La Stampa, 22 Giugno 2000; Il Messaggero, 22 Giugno 2000; Il Messaggero,13 Giugno 2000; Architecktur & Wohhnen, n. 2, Aprile/Maggio 2000; Sette n. 154, 9 Dicembre 1999; Repubblica, 9 Novembre 1999; La Stampa, 9 Novembre 1999; La Stampa, 8 Novembre 1999; Architecture in perspective, The Monacelli Press, 1998; A & B n.6, 1998; Universale di Architettura n. 29, 1997; Efeso, n. 1, Marzo 1996; Ambiente, 7 Luglio 1994; Architectural Record, Marzo 1994; Architecture, Febbraio 1994; The Washington Post, 18 Dicembre 1993; L’Arca n. 74, Settembre 1993; L’Arca n. 72, Giugno 1993; Casabella n. 602, Giugno 1993.

- Other publications

- Italian Embassy, Official Web Site

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