Louis D. Astorino
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Louis D. Astorino is an architect in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
who was architect of several high profile buildings in his hometown and is the first American architect to design a building in the Vatican
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He was born in Pittsburgh and received a bachelors from Pennsylvania State University
in 1969. In 1972 he started his own firm named L. D. Astorino & Associates. It would subsequently be named Astorino.
He was introduced to the international stage in 1996 when Gateway Clipper Fleet
founder John E. Connelly
introduced him as a prospective architect for the Domus Sanctae Marthae
that Pope John Paul II
wanted to build to house cardinals during the selection of popes. Connelly was offering to finance the project. Connelly's design was ultimately rejected but he was kept on as supervisory architect. He would later design the adjoining Chapel of the Holy Spirit. Astorino's firm designed the new Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh completed in 2009 at a cost of $622 million.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
who was architect of several high profile buildings in his hometown and is the first American architect to design a building in the Vatican
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
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He was born in Pittsburgh and received a bachelors from Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
in 1969. In 1972 he started his own firm named L. D. Astorino & Associates. It would subsequently be named Astorino.
He was introduced to the international stage in 1996 when Gateway Clipper Fleet
Gateway Clipper Fleet
The Gateway Clipper Fleet founded by John E. Connelly is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based fleet of riverboats. The fleet cruises the three rivers of Pittsburgh- the Monongahela, the Allegheny, and the Ohio. The fleet is named after the city of Pittsburgh, which in earlier times was known as the...
founder John E. Connelly
John E. Connelly
John Edward Connelly founded the Gateway Clipper Fleet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pioneered riverboat casino gambling along the Mississippi River via his President Casinos empire, and founded a fleet of ships operating out of Chelsea Piers in New York City.-Early life:Connelly was born in...
introduced him as a prospective architect for the Domus Sanctae Marthae
Domus Sanctae Marthae
The Domus Sanctæ Marthæ is a building completed in 1996 adjacent to Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City built during the reign of Pope John Paul II...
that Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
wanted to build to house cardinals during the selection of popes. Connelly was offering to finance the project. Connelly's design was ultimately rejected but he was kept on as supervisory architect. He would later design the adjoining Chapel of the Holy Spirit. Astorino's firm designed the new Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh completed in 2009 at a cost of $622 million.
Projects
- Domus Sanctae MarthaeDomus Sanctae MarthaeThe Domus Sanctæ Marthæ is a building completed in 1996 adjacent to Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City built during the reign of Pope John Paul II...
, Vatican (supervisory architect) - Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Vatican (architect of record)
- Trimont condominium, Pittsburgh
- FallingwaterFallingwaterFallingwater or Kaufmann Residence is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh...
, Mill Run, Pennsylvania (restoration) - PNC ParkPNC ParkPNC Park is a baseball park located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the fifth home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the city's Major League Baseball franchise. It opened during the 2001 Major League Baseball season, after the controlled implosion of the Pirates' previous home, Three Rivers Stadium...
, Pittsburgh architect of record with HOK Sport - McKechnie FieldMcKechnie FieldMcKechnie Field is a baseball field located in Bradenton, Florida. It is the spring training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates and is named for Bradenton resident and baseball great, Bill McKechnie, who led the Pirates in 1925, the Cincinnati Reds in 1940 and the Cleveland Indians in 1948 to World...
, Bradenton, FloridaBradenton, FloridaBradenton is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's 2007 population to be 53,471. Bradenton is the largest Principal City of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2007 estimated population of 682,833...
(1993 renovation) - University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical CenterThe University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is an $9 billion integrated global nonprofit health enterprise that has 54,000 employees, 20 hospitals, 4,200 licensed beds, 400 outpatient sites and doctors’ offices, a 1.5 million-member health insurance division, as well as commercial and...
transplant center in Palermo, Italy - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMCChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMCChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, a hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is the only hospital in southwestern Pennsylvania dedicated solely to the care of infants, children and young adults. Care is provided by more than 700 board-certified pediatricians and pediatric...
, Pittsburgh - Three PNC PlazaThree PNC PlazaThree PNC Plaza is a tall skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 2009 and has 23 floors. It is the tallest building constructed in the city since EQT Plaza was completed in 1987. It contains of office space, a 185-room Fairmont Hotel, 28 condominium units, and ground level...
- Fred Rogers Tribute to Children monument in Pittsburgh
- Blair County BallparkBlair County BallparkBlair County Ballpark is a 7,210-seat baseball-only stadium in Altoona, Pennsylvania that hosted its first regular season baseball game on April 15, 1999, as the tenants of the facility, the Altoona Curve defeated the Bowie Baysox, 6-1...
- UPMC Sports Performance ComplexUPMC Sports Performance ComplexThe UPMC Sports Performance Complex is a multipurpose, multisport training, sports science, and sports medical complex of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center...