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 S.r.l., Genoa, Italy, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Paris, France
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

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 Tower, New York, New York, 2000 to 2007
• Lingotto Factory, Torino, Italy

Works at Archiplanet

• Aurora Place, Sydney, Australia
• Beyeler Foundation Museum
• Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
• IRCAM Extension
• Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Noumea, New Caledonia
• Kansai Airport Terminal
• Lingotto Factory, Torino, Italy
• 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
• Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland

Discussion

(b. Genoa, Italy 1937)

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.

References
Dennis Sharp. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Quatro Publishing, 1991. ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. NA40.I45. p122-123.

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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References

"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

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.