Palazzo Lombardia ("Lombardy Palace") is a complex of buildings in

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, including a 43-

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, tall

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.
It is the main seat of the Lombardy regional government, located in the

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(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

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and the

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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. The building won the 2012 International Architecture Award for the best new global design.

Gallery

File:Regionelombardia.jpg, The entrance to the building. File:Piazza Palazzo Lombardia.jpg, ''Città di Lombardia'' square. File:Palazzolombardiagaeaulenti.jpg, Palazzo Lombardia seen from ''Gae Aulenti'' square.

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Winner: "2012 Best Tall Building Europe"

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