Peia Associati

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After seven years as collaborator and partner of Ignazio Gardella, the “father” of modern Italian architecture, Architect Giampiero Peia opened the ‘‘Peia Associati’’ studio in 1995. He continues designing innovative solutions, from architecture to industrial design. His design activity is fuelled by a spirit of constant transversal research in the different fields of design. In 1998, 1999 and 2000 he was nominated by Casabella magazine as one of the best 40 Italian “under 50” architects. He designed the industrial italian headquarters of Getrag Industries in Bari and Cisal in Verbania. Companies like Film Master, Inferentia and Bain & Cuneo have their sophisticated offices by his design in Milan. He has won numerous architecture competitions and has created many outstanding architectural projects, the TAD concept store in Rome, a cemetery in Ascoli Piceno, the expansion of the Town Hall of San Donato Milanese, the restoration and re-conversion of a monumental complex called Rocca Brivio into a public cultural centre, a sports centre in Salsomaggiore. He has created the stands for Virgilio, Fineco, Telecom, the Roberto Baggio Sport store, shops, events and fair large booths for brands like BMW, Chrysler-Jeep as well as TAD, Cisal, Poliform, Martini lights. Companies for which Giampiero is currently designing several products. He was also involved in the design of Pirelli Real Estate master plans in Milan and Florence for Pirelli Real Estate. After three years of partnership with the design master Piero Lissoni, in 2004, Arch. Giampiero Peia together with the new partner Arch. Marta Nasazzi founded the PEIA ASSOCIATI Srl Company and then he organized the set up of ‘Andy Warhol Show’ exhibition at the Triennale in Milan, and the office was selected by the Triennale for the annual Open Studio rally. The current projects being developed by the studio include master plan for residential and commercial buildings from Shanghai to Milan. Two villas on Como Lake are completed. Tourist complexes on the Lake Maggiore which include homes, a hotel and SPA, a sports centre, a conference centre, restaurants, marina and yachting club. A mediateca with public library, old books and prints archives, with a large courtyard and coffee-shops is completed in Fidenza (Parma). Further more, a new TAD concept store has been inaugurated in Milan in 2006. He was also involved in the short list competition regarding “Tower at Suk Al Thalath Al Gadeem”, in Tripoli, Libya a 69 floors multifunctional tower. Same theme for a 100 floors residential tower competition in Doha. In Doha (Qatar), the projects include “The Oyster”, a real Estate sales centre in a domed pavilion on the reclaimed artificial Island -“The Pearl” and the Kempinski Hotel, that with its 62 floors is the tallest Tower in Doha. Giampiero Peia also designed, in association with AEB, the Alfardan Towers, offices and residential twin towers which includes an innovative commercial podium with high level brands, restaurants, BMW showroom, a SPA and swimming pool at 39th and 40th floors awarded as best SPA design of Middle East in 2008. Also the Doha projects in progress include, two private villa further towers in association with AEB and are in the short list for the competition for the new Qatar National Bank Headquarter on Doha cornice and the Doha yacht club Hotel and marina. In Accra, Ghana, a large showroom is completed to host the best Italian design products and the projects in progress include a design hotel and a new residential complex. In Benin, Cotonou, a new residential compound of 69 villas and 3 VIP villas are completed (in 12 months designed and built) and a new 5 stars design hotel is under construction. In Shanghai two residential towers are completed. The detailed project includes also the interiors of the 20 floors of luxury apartments. In the same master plan Peia office is designing a 400 rooms hotel above a 2 stories commercial mall, including restaurants and SPA. Also, in Shanghai further 8 residential towers are under construction. In India, in the Andaman Islands an Eco Resort for a five star hotel is in progress and a Radisson Hotel in Dehradoon is under approval process. The Al Biddah tower for Katara headquarter for FIFA 2022 is just finished in Doha. Touristic Resorts and offices are in design process in East Malaysia. The new Italian Centre I.B.I.S.G. in Corsico-Milan is a complex for cultural and conference centre including new and ancient buildings. Including the largest Buddhist temple in Europe, this complex is consider the first completed realisation of Milan EXPO 2015. Actually the practice achieved the public commission to re-design the United nation Headquarter in Geneva. Giampiero Peia is often invited for lectures, workshops and conferences in architectural schools and university like Commonwealth Virginia University, Qatar University, Kensington University, Politecnico of Milan, Institute European Design, Naba and Domus academy
Peia Associati
Peia Associati

After seven years as collaborator and partner of Ignazio Gardella, the “father” of modern Italian architecture, Architect Giampiero Peia opened the ‘‘Peia Associati’’ studio in 1995. He continues designing innovative solutions, from architecture to industrial design. His design activity is fuelled by a spirit of constant transversal research in the different fields of design. In 1998, 1999 and 2000 he was nominated by Casabella magazine as one of the best 40 Italian “under 50” architects. He...