Casa Italia: between history, sustainability and innovation

The new Italian Embassy in London, located on Buckingham Gate in the heart of the governmental district and just a few steps from Buckingham Palace, represents the most important real estate acquisition made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the United Kingdom in recent decades. With Casa Italia, the Italian presence in the British capital takes on a new configuration: not only a functional headquarters for diplomatic and cultural activities, but a project that connects architecture, design, and institutional representation.

The wooden surfaces play a key role in defining the character of the spaces: the floors are crafted in Heritage Filigrana 190 Città della Pieve and Heritage Traccia 140 Chevron Firenze from the Atelier collection, Esprit grade,  both finished in Oleonature, offering a combination of aesthetic refinement, material quality, and sustainability.

The auditorium, designed as the focal point for institutional and cultural events, features a podium clad in Medoc Firenze parquet in the Natural Genius collection, designed by Michele De Lucchi for Listone Giordano.

More than just a diplomatic headquarters, Casa Italia is a platform for cultural and design representation. The project is the result of a joint effort between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Embassy in London, the Italian Cultural Institute, ICE, Italian design and furniture companies, and Italian and British museums. The result is an open, accessible space designed to welcome institutions, entrepreneurs, students, academics, artists, athletes, and citizens, and to convey a contemporary image of Italy through architecture and design.