Renzo Piano (born September 14, 1937) is a world renowned Italian architect and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and AIA Gold Medal.
Biography
Piano was born in Genoa, where he still maintains a home and office (Building Workshop). He was educated and subsequently taught at the Politecnico di Milano. From 1965 to 1970 he worked with Louis Kahn and with Makowsky. He worked together with Richard Rogers from 1971 to 1977; 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.
On March 18, 2008, he became an honorary citizen of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina [1].
Select projects
- Swatch 'Jelly Piano' wristwatch, 1999 Summer Collection model. "My most proud work" (Piano, 2001)
- Rocca di Frassinello Winery, Gavorrano, Italy (2002-2007)
- 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-)
- California Academy of Sciences rebuilding, San Francisco, California (to open 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 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)
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