UW Rome Center Renovation & Renewal Project
Renovations have the potential to equip the historic palazzo with the latest teaching and learning resources, protect its priceless historical legacy, as well as revive and enhance this beautiful space that means so much to the UW Rome Center community.
Staged in three phases, the project includes critical updates to the structure, electrical and mechanical works; important fire safety prevention measures; as well as new lighting, flooring and educational technology.
Investment in this renovation will maximize educational space and ensure transformative global experiences for students and one-of-a-kind teaching and research opportunities for faculty, for generations to come in the heart of Rome.
RENOVATION BLOG
Wrapping Up Fourth Floor Renovations
April 4, 2023
We’re almost there! After nearly four years of renovations, we can almost say, “We’re done!” Final—but big—touches are currently being completed on the fourth floor, where we’ll now have five apartments for faculty and UW Rome Center intern use. Kitchens, lighting, and doors are currently being installed and wardrobes are being built. We’re also getting…
Introducing Our New Third Floor
June 3, 2022
We are delighted to share with you the completed third floor of the UW Rome Center! Back in action as of January, the floor houses three classrooms, two studios, one seminar room, the Business Center, library and the UWRC office. Similar to the first floor work, the scope of renovation for the third floor included…
Introducing Our New First Floor
October 21, 2021
We’ve moved in! After nearly three years of major renovation work of the first floor, we are thrilled to share that the project is nearly complete. In August, we starting moving in, which required some major dusting off of all our furniture that has been in storage during the course of the renovation work. The…
Wrapping Up First Floor Renovations
March 30, 2021
There is really nothing like brand new walls and an uncluttered room to show off the beauty of the ceilings in our newly renovated Exhibit Hall! The first phase of much anticipated renovation project of the UW Rome Center first floor is finally coming to a close after breaking ground in January 2019. While the…
Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
December 4, 2020
As the well-known adage goes, Rome wasn’t built in a day. In the last six months, significant progress has been made on the first floor and we’re pleased to report that the project is nearing completion! Since we last updated you, the electrical systems have been completed, beautiful new tile floors have been laid, kitchens have…
UW Magazine recalls the visionary UW architecture professor Astra Zarina
September 22, 2020
Highlighting the personality and panache of UW architecture professor Astra Zarina, who launched the first UW Architecture study abroad program in spring 1970 and who later led renovations of the largely abandoned Palazzo Pio, which became the home to the UW Rome Center in 1985, this article walks us through the life and legacy of our…