Lorenzo Apicella

Who is Lorenzo Apicella?

Lorenzo Apicella, FRSA is an Italian architect.

Born in Ravello, Apicella studied architecture at the University of Nottingham, Canterbury College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. On graduating in 1981 he joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as assistant designer for the 70-storey Allied Bank Plaza Building in Houston, Texas. He subsequently worked with CZWG architects on alternatives to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Mansion House Square, London, and on international architecture, design and exhibition projects for communications agency Imagination.

In 1989 he established his own practice in London, Apicella Associates. 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, 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; a comprehensive interior design programme for Virgin Upper, Premium and Economy Class cabins, for the entire Virgin fleet; new branch interiors for Rabobank, 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 six buildings for M&T Bank, including a new regional flagship branch in Buffalo, New York, and the AIA Award-winning central branch building in Brooklyn, New York.