The Roentgen Building (Italian: Edificio Roentgen) is an office building on the Bocconi University campus in Milan, Italy.
Roentgen Building | |
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Edificio Roentgen (Italian) | |
General information | |
Location | Milan, Italy |
Coordinates | 45°27′02.7″N 9°11′16.4″E / 45.450750°N 9.187889°E |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Grafton Architects |
History
editThe building, ultimated in 2008, was designed by Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell's Grafton Architects, winners of a contest purposefully organized in 2001, as a new office building for Bocconi University. The building received the World Building of the Year 2008 award.[1]
Description
editThe exterior of the building is monumental and fortress-like, being almost windowless.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Grafton Architects - Università Bocconi a Milano". Inexhibit. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
External links
editMedia related to Roentgen Building, Bocconi University at Wikimedia Commons