Renzo Piano
| Renzo Piano | |
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 (2007) |
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| Born | 14 September 1937 Genoa |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Awards | Pritzker Architecture Prize AIA Gold Medal Sonning Prize |
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| Buildings | Centre Georges Pompidou Parco della Musica Shard London Bridge |
Renzo Piano (born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. He is the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, Kyoto Prize and the Sonning Prize. One admirer said the "serenity of his best buildings can almost make you believe that we live in a civilised world".[1]
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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.[2] 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 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 264,000-square-foot (24,500 m2) wing with 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) of gallery space[4] called the Modern Wing, which opened on 16 May 2009.[1][5] It includes a "flying carpet", a sunscreen that hovers above the roof and a 620-foot (190 m) steel bridge connecting Millennium Park to a sculpture terrace that leads into a restaurant on the wing’s third floor.[6]
[edit] Select projects
[edit] Current
- ARS AEVI Museum of Contemporary Art[7] in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999)[8]
- Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Tjuvholmen, Oslo, Norway (2002-)[9]
- Centro de Arte Botín, Santander, Spain (2011-)
- City Gate, Royal Opera House, Parliament of Malta, and Freedom Square, Valletta, Malta (2009/10-)
- Columbia University Manhattanville Campus Master Plan and Jerome L. Greene Science Center, New York City, New York (2004-)
- Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2009-)
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts (2005-)
- Kimbell Art Museum Expansion, Fort Worth, Texas (2008-)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2003-)
- Michelin area Re-development, Trento, Italy (2002-)
- Renzo Piano Tower I & II, San Francisco, California (2006-)
- Sesto San Giovanni Masterplan, Milan, Italy (2004-)
- Shard London Bridge, London
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Opera House and National Library of Greece Faliro, Athens (2009-)
- Trans National Place, Boston, Massachusetts (2006-)
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York (2005-)
[edit] Completed
- Central Saint Giles, London (2010)
- Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, Architect of record Dina Griffin AIA , of IDEA8, expansion project (2009)
- Nichols Bridgeway, Chicago, Illinois (2009)
- California Academy of Sciences rebuilding, San Francisco, California (2008)
- Vulcano Buono shopping mall, Nola, Italy (2007)(Video)
- The New York Times Building on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City (2003–2007)
- Rocca di Frassinello Winery, Gavorrano, Italy (2002–2007)
- Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland (2006)
- Morgan Library Expansion, New York, New York (2003–2006)
- Cité Internationale, Lyon, France (1995–2006)
- Weltstadthaus on Schildergasse, Cologne, Germany (2005)
- High Museum of Art Expansion, Atlanta, Georgia (2005)
- Il Sole 24 Ore Headquarters, Milan, Italy (1998–2004)
- Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas (opened 2003)
- Parco della Musica auditorium, Rome, Italy (2002) (Video)
- Maison Hermès, Tokyo (2001)
- Auditorium Paganini, Parma, Italy (2001)
- Aurora Place, Sydney, Australia (1996–2000)
- Swatch 'Jelly Piano' wristwatch, 1999 Summer Collection model. "My most proud work" (Piano, 2001)
- Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Nouméa, New Caledonia (1991–98)
- Ushibuka Haiya Bridge, Amakusa, Kumamoto, Japan (1991–1997)
- Beyeler Foundation Museum, Basel, Switzerland (1997)
- NEMO science museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1997)
- Cy Twombly Gallery, Houston, Texas (1995)
- International Terminal, Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan (1991–1994)
- Menil Collection, Houston, Texas (opened 1987)
- Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy (1988–1989)
- Banca CIS building, Cagliari, Sardinia (1985)
- IBM Travelling Pavilion
- IRCAM & the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (1971–1977)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ouroussof, Nicolai (May 13, 2009). "Renzo Piano Embraces Chicago". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/arts/design/14muse.html. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ a b "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 2009-02-09.
- ^ Renzo Piano počasni građanin Sarajeva
- ^ Smith, Roberta (May 13, 2009). "A Grand and Intimate Modern Art Trove". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/arts/design/14inst.html. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ Ouroussof, Nicolai (May 13, 2009). "Renzo Piano Embraces Chicago (slide show)". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/05/13/arts/20090513_INSTITUTE_SLIDESHOW_index.html. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ Barliant, Claire. "Museum Memory." Modern Painters, April 2009.
- ^ "ARS AEVI Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo". http://www.arsaevi.ba/. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Ars Aevi Project - News from Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo in Bosnia Erzegovina". http://www.utlsarajevo.org/content.php?akcija=news&id=27&lang=3. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ Arkiteknytt Article. ""Verdens vakreste museum"", Mars 2009
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Renzo Piano |
- 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
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