The Planning Authority has designated Palazzina Vincenti on the St Julian's seafront as a Grade 2 building, thus saving it from demolition. The new status was issued after a public outcry in the wake of a planning application for its demolition. Developer Carlo Stivala and architect Robert Musumeci had submitted a proposal for three basement levels of parking spaces, a 136-room hotel, restaurants, a spa and fitness studio, indoor and outdoor pools and kiosks at the top "The development application will need to be radically modified to ensure that the palazzina is restored to its original glory, which it so well deserves," the authority said. It recalled that last year is issued an Emergency Conservation Order (ECO) while a thorough assessment of the building was made to determine its long-term level of protection. The authority concluded that Palazzina Vincenti has outstanding historical and contextual value and is a pioneering example of modernist architecture that made use of reinforced concrete in a domestic setting in the Maltese Islands. Built in the post-World War II period, the Palazzina was designed by architect Gustavo R. Vincenti as his own personal residence and is...
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