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Renzo Piano

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Renzo Piano
Pompidou centre, Paris

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Born (1937-09-14) 14 September 1937 (age 87)
NationalityItalian
OccupationArchitect
AwardsPritzker Architecture Prize

American Institute of Architects Gold Medal

Sonning Prize
BuildingsCentre Georges Pompidou

Parco della Musica

Shard London Bridge
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Detail of the Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Nemo Science Centre in Amsterdam. The shape reflects the tunnel entrance it is built on
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City Tech Tower a skyscraper concept by Renzo Piano in Brooklyn, New York City.

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. However, his work also has its strong critics, to the point of infamously being called "a hodgepodge of tents, greenhouses and scaffolding".

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 18 March 2008, he became an honorary citizen of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina [1].

Select projects

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