Lorenzo Apicella
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Lorenzo Apicella is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
) is an architect
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Apicella studied architecture
Architecture
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at the University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
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, Canterbury College of Art
Kent Institute of Art & Design
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and the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
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in London. On graduating in 1981 he joined Skidmore Owings and Merrill as assistant designer for the 70-story Allied Bank Plaza Building in Houston, Texas. He subsequently worked with CZWG architects on alternatives to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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’s Mansion House Square project in London and on international architecture, design and exhibition projects for communications agency Imagination.
In 1989 he established his own practice in London, Apicella Associates. Clients included the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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, The Science Museum, Philips Electronics, ICL, Pepsi, Volvo
Volvo
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, Ford, Sharp, La Perla and Virgin Atlantic. In 1998, after completing a wide range of projects ranging from buildings and interiors, to exhibitions, events environments, and mobile structures, he merged his studio with Pentagram
Pentagram (design studio)
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, becoming a partner in the London office and subsequently in Pentagram San Francisco.
His published projects include the award winning Research and Design Centre for Adshel; ongoing projects worldwide for Citibank
Citibank
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; a comprehensive interior design programme for Virgin Upper, Premium and Economy Class cabins, for the entire Virgin fleet (including award-winning redesign of Virgin’s Upper Class aircraft cabins); new branch interiors for Rabobank
Rabobank
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, Holland’s second largest high-street bank, 2 buildings in London for Clear Channel International; business to business showrooms in New York for shoe designers Jimlar; an award winning exhibition launch environment in Denver for architectural audio company Sonance; and 4 new buildings for M&T Bank
M&T Bank
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, including a new regional flagship branch in Buffalo, New York, and a central branch building in Brooklyn NYC, .
Apicella has chaired numerous Royal Institute of British Architects
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, Civic Trust awards and design competitions juries, including the AIA awards for Southern California in San Diego and the World Architecture Festival Awards, in Barcelona. He has presented his work at lectures and conferences internationally, has been a visiting lecturer at schools of architecture in the UK and US, and has acted as an External Examiner for the Department of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University
Department of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University
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, The School of Design at UCE Birmingham and the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
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in the UK.
Apicella is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Institute of British Architects
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and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.