Renzo Piano
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Name | Renzo Piano |
Nationality | Italian |
Birth date | 14 September 1937 |
Birth place | Genoa |
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Significant buildings | Centre Georges Pompidou |
Awards and prizes | Pritzker Architecture Prize American Institute of Architects Gold Medal |
Renzo Piano (born 14 September, 1937) is a world renowned Italian architect and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, Kyoto Prize and the Sonning Prize. His work also has its strong critics, to the point of infamously being called "a hodgepodge of tents, greenhouses and scaffolding".
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[edit] Biography
Piano was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1937 and maintains a home and office (Building Workshop) in the area. He was educated and subsequently taught at the Politecnico di Milano. He graduated from the University in 1964 and began working with experimental lightweight structures and basic shelters[1]. From 1965 to 1970 he worked with Louis Kahn and with Makowsky. He worked together with Richard Rogers from 1971 to 1978; their most famous joint project is the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1977). He also had a long collaboration with the extraordinary engineer Peter Rice.
In 1981, Piano founded the "Renzo Piano Building Workshop", employing a hundred people with offices in Paris, Genoa, and New York.[2]
On 18 March, 2008, he became an honorary citizen of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina [3].
Piano’s recent expansion of the Art Institute of Chicago includes a 65,000 square feet of gallery space called the Modern Wing, which will be opened in May 2009. It includes a "flying carpet," a sunscreen that hovers above the roof and a 620-foot steel bridge connecting Millennium Park to a sculpture terrace that leads into a restaurant on the wing’s third floor.[4]
[edit] Select projects
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (2009)[4]
- Niarchos cultural Park, Athens (2009)
- National Library of Greece, Athens (2009)
- National Opera of Greece, Athens (2009)
- Shard London Bridge, London (2007)
- Swatch 'Jelly Piano' wristwatch, 1999 Summer Collection model. "My most proud work" (Piano, 2001)
- Rocca di Frassinello Winery, Gavorrano, Italy (2002-2007)
- Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy (1988-1989)
- Renzo Piano Tower I & II, San Francisco, California (2006-)
- Trans National Place, Boston, Massachusetts (2006-)
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York (2005-)
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts (2005-)
- Sesto San Giovanni Masterplan, Milan (2004-)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2003-)
- The New York Times Building, New York City (2003-2007)
- California Academy of Sciences rebuilding, San Francisco, California (2008)
- New York Times Building on 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City (2008)
- Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, expansion project (to open May 2009)
- Nichols Bridgeway, Chicago, Illinois (to open 2009)
- Zentrum Paul Klee (2006) in Bern, Switzerland
- Morgan Library Expansion (2003-2006) New York City, New York
- High Museum of Art Expansion (2005) Atlanta, Georgia
- Parco della Musica auditorium, Rome, Italy (2002)
- Beyeler Foundation Museum, Basel, Switzerland
- Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas,Texas USA (opened 2003)
- Aurora Place (1996-2000), Sydney, Australia
- Cité Internationale (1995-2006), Lyon, France
- Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center (1991-98), Nouméa, New Caledonia
- Kansai International Airport (1987-1990), Osaka (Japan)
- Menil Collection, Houston, Texas USA (opened 1987)
- IBM Travelling Pavilion
- IRCAM & the Centre Georges Pompidou (1972-1977), Paris, France
- NEMO science museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1997)
[edit] References
- ^ "Renzo Piano: Environmentally Progressive Concept Design for Athens' Modern Urban Icon, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)". 2009-01-27. http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=31504. Retrieved on 2009-02-09.
- ^ "Renzo Piano: Environmentally Progressive Concept Design for Athens' Modern Urban Icon, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)". 2009-01-27. http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=31504. Retrieved on 2009-02-09.
- ^ Renzo Piano počasni građanin Sarajeva
- ^ a b Barliant, Claire. "Museum Memory." Modern Painters, April 2009.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Pritzker Architecture Prize biography
- Video recording of 2006 Ulrich Franzen Lecture at the New York Architectural League
- Archinect.com interview with Renzo Piano
- Renzo Piano profile and examples on Greatbuildings.com
- "Renzo Piano - A celebrity architect without all the glitz" Slate article
- California Academy of Sciences website about the new building designed by Renzo Piano
- Kimbell Art Foundation selects Architect for New Building
- Kansai International Airport (Osaka - 1990)
- Meridiana Centro Uffici (Lecco - 1993)
- Lingotto Exhibition Center (Turin - 1995)
- Banca Popolare di Lodi (Lodi - 1999)
- Crown Princess, Regal Princess (2000)
- Renzo Piano, Projects
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