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Archittetti Italia Key Buildings, alphabetical: Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing, Chicago, USA 2007-09 photo : Andrew Campbell Photography Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing Baby Shard : New London Bridge House - offices, London, UK 2006- Central Saint Giles development, Oxford Street, London, UK 2008- photo © Nick Weall Central Saint Giles Daimler Financial Services Headquarters, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany 1994-97/98 Renzo Piano Building Partnership and Christoph Kohlbecker photo © Adrian Welch Debis Building 'Glass Worm' building - new Peek & Cloppenburg store, Cologne, Germany - photo © webbaviation Manhattanville redevelopment plan, Columbia University, New York, USA 2002- Renzo Piano Building Workshop with SOM picture from RPBW Columbia University Campus Plan Music Auditoria, north Rome, Italy 2002- photo © Adrian Welch Italian Music Auditoria building Nemo, Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1997 image © Adrian Welch Nemo Amsterdam New York Times Company New Headquarters, New York, USA 2006 Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Fox & Fowle Architects photo by David Sundberg/Esto New York Times Headquarters Pompidou Centre, Paris, France 1977; renovation 1995 Richard Rogers / Renzo Piano Architects photo © Adrian Welch Radical building for its time with service ducts expressed on the exterior and all structure glamourised and articulated externally where possible. The architectural realisation of some Archigram ideas, with escalators providing dynamism to the main west facade. Half of the plot was given over to a rectilinear square which again added dynamism to the architecture. Also known as the Beaubourg Centre or simply The Pompidou building. Pompidou Centre Rue de Meaux Housing, Rue de Meaux, Paris, France 1988-91 From the co-designer of the Pompidou Centre: tightly-detailed terracotta-tiled housing. Other Renzo Piano Paris buildings include Schlumberger Facilities in 1981, Bercy 2, Shopping Centre (Charenton Le Pont) in 1987, IRCAM Extension and Thomson Optronics Factory (Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines) both in 1988, Atelier Brancusi in 1992 and the renovation of the Pompidou Centre in 1995. SNFCC, Athens, Greece - SNFCC Athens The Shard - London Bridge Tower, London, UK projected completion 2009 image by Hays Davidson and John Mclean The Shard : 72 storeys Renzo Piano Buildings, chronological: Centre Pompidou, Paris, France 1972-76 Schlumberger Renovation, Paris, France 1981-84 Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, USA 1982-86 IRCAM Extension, Paris, France 1988-89 Rue de Meaux Housing, Paris, France 1988-91 Kansai Airport Terminal, Osaka, Japan 1994 Nemo, Centrum, Amsterdam 1997 Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledonia 1998 Maison Hermes, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 2001 Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, USA 2003 High Museum of Art Expansion, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 2006 'Glass Worm' building - new Peek & Cloppenburg store, Cologne, Germany 2006- Peek & Cloppenburg also have worked with world-famous architects such as Richard Meier, Kleihues and Gottfried Böhm The Morgan Library, New York, USA 2006- New York Times - new offices, New York, USA 2007 52 storey tower Boston Tower, USA 2007- Music Complex, Rome, Italy - Aurora Place, Sydney, Australia - The Museum of Modern Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007- California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA 2008 Broad Contemporary Art Museum – BCAM, Los Angeles, USA 2008 More projects online soon Boston Buildings High Museum of Art Atlanta orig. by Richard Meier Architects in 1983 American Buildings Practice Information Renzo Piano - Background to the architect Renzo Piano was born in Genoa, Italy in 1937 Piano set up a partnership with Richard Rogers in 1970. Their work was part of the seminal High-Tech architecture movement. Current buildings generally form high quality contemporary responses. About Renzo Piano and RPBW Renzo Piano was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1937, into a family of builders. He has maintained strong sentimental and cultural ties with his hometown. Genoa’s historic center, its port and its connection to the sea, and his father’s trade activities deeply influenced the young architect’s perspective. During his studies at the Milan Polytechnic, Renzo Piano worked at Franco Albini’s workshop. He graduated from the University in 1964 and began working with experimental lightweight structures and basic shelters. Between 1965 and 1970, Piano traveled extensively to the United States and the United Kingdom. In 1971, he founded “Piano & Rogers” jointly with Richard Rogers, and together they won the competition for the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, where Piano currently lives. From the early 1970s until the 1990s, he collaborated with engineer Peter Rice and established “Atelier Piano & Rice” in 1977. In 1981, Piano founded the “Renzo Piano Building Workshop”, employing a hundred people with offices in Paris, Genoa and New York. Piano’s projects include, among many others, the Cultural Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris; the regeneration of Genoa’s old port; the redevelopment of Potsdamer Platz in Berlin; the Kansai International Airport Terminal in Osaka; the Beyeler Foundation Museum in Basil; the Centre Paul Klee in Bern. His most recent projects, including the New York Times’ newly-established headquarters in New York City (2008) and the California Academy of Sciences’ sustainability-oriented compound (2008), are indisputable proof that Piano’s art matures, but his gaze remains adolescent and uncompromising. Renzo Piano’s many awards include the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1998); the Medaille d ’Or by the International Union of Architects (2002); and the Gold Medal by the American Institute of Architects (2008). Renzo Piano Book Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Complete Works : Vol 4 Peter Buchanan £15.14 London Skyscrapers Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1989 Renzo Piano Architect : Pritzker Prize Winner 1998 Padre Pio Church, S.Giovanni Rotondo - Former collaborator : Richard Rogers - Pompidou Centre Renzo Piano book Architects World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe Buildings / photos for the Renzo Piano Architecture page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Renzo Piano Buildings - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt Website: www.rpbw.com			Key Links: Zaha Hadid Herzog de Meuron Foster + Partners Modern Architects SANAA Architects London Architecture Peter Zumthor Architects Rafael Moneo