The Origins
The origins of our Group date back at the end of the 19th century thanks to the activity of two families which shared the expertise for iron and steel production which were handcrafted at the beginning and manufactured at a later time.
These families set up two companies, one in Rome in 1910 and the other in New York in 1919: the Roman was specialized in the manufacture of iron while the New Yorker was specialized in the assembly of iron structures for skyscrapers.
In Italy
Between 1910 and 1943 the business focuses on iron manufacture, keeping an handcraft division dedicated to artistic productions, which among other works was responsible for the entry gates (“cancellata”) of Vittoriano in Piazza Venezia and parts of the Viminale Palace in Rome.
After the Second World War, the activity shifted towards the construction of major engineering works such as the Frascati Synchrotron, the Alfa Romeo plant in Arese and steelworks at Terni and Taranto.
In the mid ‘70s a division for the Social Housing was established. This division has realized 1,600 residential units and various shopping centers for private and public clients for a total value of 2 €/Billion.
In Usa
Between 1923 and 1928 the American Company (Binda & C.) contributed to assembly the iron structures in significant buildings in New York
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1922
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26 BROADWAY NE Corner, Beaver Street Project by: Carrère & Hastings, Shreve, Lamb & Blake Known as “Standard Oil Building” and “Socony-Vacuum Building”, it is located in Financial District of Manhattan, it is 160 mt and has 31 stores, in Neo classical Style.
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1923
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE (addendum) 8 Broad Street, SW Corner Wall Street Project by: Trowbridge & Livingston New York Stock Exchange, universally known as “Wall Street”, has expanded with another 23 storeys building, with a floor for trading, called “The Garage”. Binda & C.built load-bering structures.
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1924-1925
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AMERICAN STANDARD BUILDING (originally American Radiator Building) 40 West, 40th Street Project by: Hood & Fouilhoux American Standard Building is the latest name for “American Radiator Building”, a 103 mt building with 23 storeys. Its name is related to the fusion between American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation.
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1925-1926
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NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. BUILDING 140 West Street Project by: Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker Known as Verizon Building, it is131 mt and 32 storeys, in 140 West Street between Barclay and Vesey Streets, in Tribeca. It was built in 1923-1927 in Art Deco.
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1927
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FRED F. FRENCH BUILDING 551 Fifth Avenue, NE Corner 45th Street Progettisti: Sloan & Robertson Built with an art decò facade, iconic for the Fifth Avenue, it is one of the most famous projects of Frederick Fillmore French.
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1928-1929
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CHRYSLER BUILDING 405 Lexington Avenue, NE Corner 42nd Street Project by: William Van Allen One of the most iconic buildings of the City, it was built for Chrysler Headquarter. With its 319 mt, it has been the highest skyscraper of the world up to 1931, then superated by Empire State Building.
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After the crisis of 1929 there was a decline in industrial manufacturing and so the American business was transformed into a real estate, and as such it operated until the end of the ‘90s.
From ‘90s
In the late ’90s, the US and Italian companies were unified under the SORGENTE GROUP brand.
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History
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Spazio Espositivo Tritone
Conferenza presso Spazio Espositivo Tritone per raccontare la Mostra Magistri Astronomiae
12/03/2015 - 12/03/2005 -
Roma
In Galleria Alberto Sordi esposta la lettera di Galileo Galilei che conferma la teoria eliocentrica
23/02/2015 - 23/02/2015 -
28/12/2013 - 28/12/2013 -
Galleria Colonna
resentazione del libro "La Galleria di piazza Colonna" Eng
14/12/2013 - 14/12/2013 -
14/06/2013 - 18/06/2013 -
Spazio Espositivo Tritone
06/02/2013 - 06/02/2013 -
Galleria Colonna
Presentazione del libro "Il Palazzo del Tritone a Roma"
13/12/2012 - 14/12/2012 -
Spazio Espositivo Tritone
L' Art Nouveau ha inaugurato lo Spazio Espositivo Tritone
07/06/2012 - 30/11/-0001 -
Galleria Colonna
Gianni Alemanno inaugura la mostra sulla scala della Torre Eiffel
30/04/2012 - 01/01/2003 -
Galleria Colonna
La Sfera di Dante Ferretti per il Natale in Galleria Colonna 25-11-2011
25/11/2011 - 30/11/-0001 -
Galleria Colonna
Concerto "Cinematology" dell'Orchestra Italiana del Cinema
03/11/2011 - 30/11/-0001 -
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