Renzo Piano

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	Renzo Piano
Title	Honorary FAIA
Born	1937; Genoa, Italy
Education	Milan Polytechnic School of Architecture
Firms	Franco Albini; Rogers and Piano; Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Notes
At Great Buildings	http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Renzo_Piano.html

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Works at Archiplanet 2 Discussion 2.1 Details 3 References 4 External Links

[edit] Works

• Lightweight Structures, 1964.
• Italian Industry Pavilion, at 1970 Osaka Expo, 1969
• Single-family Homes, Cusago, Milan, Italy, 1974.
• Centre Pompidou, at Paris, France, 1972 to 1976. GreatBuildings page
• IRCAM, at Paris, France, 1977.
• Fiat VSS Experimental Vehicle, Turin, Italy, 1980.
• Schlumberger Renovation, at Paris, France, 1981 to 1984.
• Housing, Rigo district, Perugia, Italy, 1982.
• A. Calder Retrospective Exhibition, Turin, Italy, 1982.
• Prometeo Musical Space, Venice, Italy, 1982 to 1984
• Olivetti Offices, Naples, Italy, 1984.
• Lowara Factory Office Building, Vicenza, Italy, 1985.
• IBM Travelling Exhibition, 1986.
• Menil Collection, at Houston, Texas, 1982 to 1986. GreatBuildings page
• ISML, Novara, Italy, 1987.
• IRCAM Extension, at Paris, France, 1988 to 1989. GreatBuildings page
• S. Nicola Football Stadium, Bari, Italy, 1990.
• Bercy Shopping Center, Paris, France, at Charenton Le Pont, 1990.
• Rue de Meaux Housing, at Paris, France, 1988 to 1991. GreatBuildings page
• Thomson Optronics Factories, Paris, France, at Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, 1991.
• Subway Stations, Genoa, Italy, 1991.
• Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Punta Nave, Italy, 1989 to 1991
• Credito Industriale Sardo Headquarters, Caligari, Italy, 1992.
• Aquarium and Congress Hall, Genoa, Italy, for Columbus Inernational Exposition 1992, 1992.
• Kansai Airport Terminal, at Osaka, Japan, 1994. GreatBuildings page
• Cy Twombly Pavilion, Houston, Texas, 1995.
• Harbour Authorities Headquarters, Genoa, Italy, 1995
• Ushibuka Bridge, Kumamoto, Japan, 1996
• Atelier Brancusi, Paris, France, 1997
• NEMO, Amstardam, The Netherlands, 1997
• Beyeler Foundation Museum, Riehen, Switzerland, 1992 to 1997
• Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Noumea, New Caledonia, 1991 to 1998.
• Ferrari Wind Tunnel, Maranello, Modena, Italy 1998
• Mercedes Benz Design Center, Stuttgart, Germany, 1998.
• Banco Popolare di Lodi, Lodi, Italy, 1998
• Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, 1991 to 2004
• Addition and Renovation of Pompidou Center, at Paris, France, 2000.
• Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 1992 to 2000
• Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy, 1994 to 2002.
• Aurora Place, Sydney, Australia, 1996 to 2000.
• Niccolo Paganini Auditorium, Parma, Italy, 1997 to 2001
• High Museum Expansion, at Atlanta, Georgia, 1999 to 2005. Article at ArchitectureWeek
• Peek & Cloppenburg department store, Cologne, Germany, 1999 to 2005
• Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, 1999 to 2005
• Nasher Sculpture Center, at Dallas, Texas, 2003. Article at ArchitectureWeek
• Renovation and Expansion of Morgan Library, New York, New York, 2000 to 2006
• New York Times Building, New York, New York, 2000 to 2007
• Lingotto Factory, Torino, Italy
• Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, California (BCAM), at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), 2008
• Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), 2003 to 2010

[edit] Works at Archiplanet

• Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Aurora Place, Sydney, Australia
• Beyeler Foundation Museum
• Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
• California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California
• High Museum of Art
• IRCAM Extension
• Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Noumea, New Caledonia
• Kansai Airport Terminal
• Lingotto Factory, Torino, Italy
• Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
• Menil Collection
• New York Times Building
• Niccolo Paganini Auditorium, Parma, Italy
• Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
• Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
• Peek & Cloppenburg department store, Cologne, Germany
• Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
• Prometeo Musical Space, Venice, Italy
• Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Punta Nave, Italy
• The Shard, London, England, United Kingdom
• Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland

[edit] Discussion

Renzo Piano was born in Genoa, Italy in 1937. From 1959 to 1964 he studied at the Milan Politecnico, where he taught until 1968. In 1970 Piano established a partnership with the English architect Richard Rogers.

Together, Pompidou Center in Paris, takes its form from a metaphor of the 'cultural machine' with all color-coded service elements and structure emphasized on the building's exterior.

Like most works designed by members of the "High-Tech" movement, Piano established technology as a starting point for his designs. Fortunately, he modified his attempts to generate an architectural character based on technological forms with a concern for user comfort and needs.

In his more recent works, Piano has applied his structural experiments to a range of social and civic projects.

[edit] Details

• Recipient, AIA Gold Medal Award, 2008.
• Recipient, Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1998.

Renzo Piano was the twenty first recipient of this prize, on its 20th aniversary.

• Recipient of the Japan Art Association's Praemium Imperiale, 1995

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[edit] References

• "Stairs, Ramps, and Slopes," by Nancy Gesimondo and Jim Postell, ArchitectureWeek, No. 557, 2012.0418, p C1.1.
• "Best of Build Boston" by Evan H. Shu, FAIA, ArchitectureWeek No. 545, 2012.0111, p C1.1
• "High-Rise Sustainability", by Philippe Honnorat, ArchitectureWeek No. 544, 2012.0104. p C1.1.
• "Piano in Chicago" by Michael J. Crosbie, ArchitectureWeek No. 438, 2009.0805, pD1.1.
• "California Academy of Sciences", by Rachel Grossman, ArchitectureWeek No. 405, 2008.1112. pE1.1.
• "Broad Contemporary Art Museum", by Leigh Christy, ArchitectureWeek No. 379, 2008.0507, pD1.1.
• "Renzo Piano's New York Times Building" by Michael J. Crosbie, ArchitectureWeek No. 376, 2008.0416, pD1.1.
• "Renzo Piano Gold Medal", by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 365, 2008.0123, pD1-1.
• "Piano Tone", by Lisa Ashmore, ArchitectureWeek No. 266, 2005.1130. pD1.1.
• "Skylighting Sculpture", by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 185, 2004.0310, pB1.1.
• "Piano's Beyeler Foundation Museum", by Dean Hawkes and Wayne Forster, ArchitectureWeek No. 170, 2003.1105, pE1.1.
• "Piano's Hermes Tokyo", by Mahoko Hoffman, ArchitectureWeek No. 114, 2002.0911, pD1.1.
• Renzo Piano and Building Workshop : Buildings and Projects, 1971-1989. Renzo Piano, introduction by Paul Goldberger. ISBN 0847811522. — A beautiful book documenting beautiful modern buildings. Out of print, but you can place a request at at Amazon.com
• Renzo Piano Building Workshop : Complete Works Volume Two. Phaidon, May 1995. Peter Buchanan. ISBN 0-7148-2859-9. — Another beautiful book documenting more of Piano's beautiful buildings. Available at Amazon.com
• "AIA Honor Awards 2009" by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 414, 2009.0211, pN1.1.
• Dennis Sharp. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Quatro Publishing, 1991. ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. NA40.I45. p122-123.

[edit] External Links

• Renzo Piano Building Workshop — the architect's official web site

• Renzo Piano Workshop Foundation

• Renzo Piano Pritzker Prize — Several pages of good background information, at the Pritzker Prize site.