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	Renzo Piano is an Italian architect and engineer whose notable buildings include the Centre Pompidou (in collaboration with Richard Rogers), The Shard, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998. His style is often defined by a sense of lightness, precise detailing and an interrelation between traditional and inventiveness as well as function and context.		Renzo Piano is an Italian architect and engineer whose notable buildings include the Centre Pompidou (in collaboration with Richard Rogers), The Shard, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998. His style is often defined by a sense of lightness, precise detailing and an interrelation between traditional and inventiveness as well as function and context.
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−	~~born 14 September 1937) is an~~ [~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italians Italian]~~ [~~https~~:~~//en~~.~~wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect architect~~] ~~and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer engineer~~]. His notable buildings include the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Georges_Pompidou Centre Georges Pompidou] in Paris (with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rogers Richard Rogers], 1977), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard The Shard] in London (2012), and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art Whitney Museum of American Art] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] (2015). He won the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_Architecture_Prize Pritzker Architecture Prize] in 1998.	+	[[File:Renzopiano.jpg]]

−	a ~~characteristic~~ sense of lightness, and an ~~interplay~~ between ~~tradition~~ and ~~invention,~~ function and context	+	Renzo Piano is an Italian architect and engineer whose notable buildings include the Centre Pompidou (in collaboration with Richard Rogers), The Shard, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998. His style is often defined by a sense of lightness, precise detailing and an interrelation between traditional and inventiveness as well as function and context.

−	Piano was born in ~~[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Genoa ~~Genoa]~~, Italy	+	Piano was born in Genoa, Italy on 14 September 1937. He studied architecture at the Milan Polytechnic University and taught there in late-1960s. He later worked for the modernist architect Louis Kahn in Philadelphia and then for the Polish engineer Zygmunt Stanlislaw Makaovski in London.

−	~~Renzo studied architecture~~ at the ~~[https://en~~.~~wikipedia~~.~~org/wiki/Politecnico_di_Milano Milan Polytechnic University]~~	+	He completed his first building in 1968, the IPE factory in Genoa, characterised with a steel and reinforced polyester roof. He also created a continuous membrane for the covering of a pavilion at the Milan Triennale in 1968. His first international commission was for the Pavilion of Italian Industry for Expo 70 in Osaka.

−	~~Piano taught at~~ the ~~Polytechnic University from 1965 until 1968~~, and ~~expanded his horizons and technical skills by working~~ in ~~two large international firms~~, ~~for the modernist architect [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Kahn Louis Kahn] in Philadelphia~~ and ~~for the Polish engineer Zygmunt Stanlislaw Makaovski in London~~. ~~He completed his first building, the IPE factory in Genoa, in 1968, with a roof of steel~~ and ~~reinforced polyester, and created an ingenious continuous membrane for~~ the ~~covering of a pavilion at the Milan Triennale in the same year. In 1970, he received his first international commission,~~ for the ~~Pavilion of Italian Industry for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_70 Expo 70]~~ in ~~[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka Osaka], Japan~~.	+	It was the Osaka structure that attracted the attention of Richard Rogers, and in 1971 they established their own firm, Piano and Rogers. This firm practiced from 1971 to 1977 during which time it achieved worldwide attention and acclaim by winning the design competition for the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

−	~~The 1970 Osaka structure was greatly admired by the British architect [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rogers Richard Rogers], and in 1971 the two men decided~~ to ~~open their own firm~~, Piano ~~and Rogers, where they~~ worked ~~together from 1971 to 1977. The first~~ project of the firm was the administrative building of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%26B_Italia B&B Italia], an Italian furniture company, in Novedrate, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Como,_Italy Como, Italy]. This design featured suspended container and an open bearing structure, with the conduits for ~~heating and water on the exterior painted in bright colors (blue~~, red and yellow).[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Piano#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaschen2016508-5 [5]] These unusual features attracted considerable attention in the architectural world, and influenced the choice of the ~~jurors who selected~~ Piano ~~and Rogers to design the Pompidou Center~~.	+	Elevated to fame post-Pompidou, Piano worked alongside the project's engineer Peter Rice for some years thereafter, before founding the Renzo Piano Building Workshop in 1981.

−	at the age of 34, he and [http://www.archdaily.com/tag/richard-rogers Richard Rogers] won the design competition for the [http://www.archdaily.com/64028/ad-classics-centre-georges-pompidou-renzo-piano-richard-rogers Centre Pompidou] in Paris. After the completion of the building, Piano ~~spent four years working alongside [http://www.archdaily.com/tag/peter-rice Peter Rice], the engineer of the Pompidou, before founding~~ his ~~firm [http://www.archdaily.com/office/renzo-piano-building-workshop Renzo Piano Building Workshop] in 1981.~~	+	Piano further established his reputation as a formidable architect with a range of other museum commissions, the re-design of Potsdamer Platz in the reunified Berlin, and The Shard in London.
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−	~~The groundbreaking success of the Pompidou led Piano to~~ a ~~number~~ of other museum commissions~~, including another of his most widely-praised works~~, the ~~[http://www.archdaily.com/171974/ad~~-~~classics-menil-collection-renzo-piano/ Menil Collection]~~ in ~~Houston which opened in 1987. Today [https://www.archdaily.com/tag/renzo-piano Renzo Piano] is perhaps~~ the ~~world's most prolific museum designer~~, ~~but~~ in ~~his own practice, his designs became markedly different from the flamboyant structural display of the Centre Pompidou; he has instead become revered for his light designs and precise detailing~~	+

	Notable works:		Notable works:

−	* Centre Pompidou.	+	* Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (1977)
−	* ~~[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_International_Airport~~ Kansai International Airport], ~~[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Osaka ~~Osaka]~~, Japan (1991–1994)	+	* Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan (1991–1994)
		+	* Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia, France (1991–98)
		+	* Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany (1992–2000)
		+	* Auditorium of the Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (1994–2002)
		+	* New York Times Building, New York, USA (2000–2007)
		+	* The Shard, London, UK (2000–2010)
		+	* Central Saint Giles, London, UK (2002–2010)
		+	* Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA (2007–2015)
		+	* Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece (2016)

−	=~~== Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia (1991–98) ==~~=	+	= Find out more =

−	=== ~~Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (1992–2000)~~ ===	+	=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===

−	~~=== Auditorium of the Parco della Musica (1994–2002) ===~~	+	* Centre Pompidou.
−		+	* Frank Gehry.
−	~~=== New York Times Building (2000–2007) ===~~	+	* The Shard.
−		+	* Norman Foster.
−	~~===~~ The Shard~~, London (2000–2010) ===~~	+	* Richard Rogers in conversation.
−		+	* Zaha Hadid.
−	~~=== Central Saint Giles, London (2002–2010) ===~~	+
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−	~~=== Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City (2007–2015) ===~~	+
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−	~~=== Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece (2016) ===~~	+
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born 14 September 1937) is an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italians Italian] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect architect] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer engineer]. His notable buildings include the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Georges_Pompidou Centre Georges Pompidou] in Paris (with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rogers Richard Rogers], 1977), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard The Shard] in London (2012), and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art Whitney Museum of American Art] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] (2015). He won the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_Architecture_Prize Pritzker Architecture Prize] in 1998.

a characteristic sense of lightness, and an interplay between tradition and invention, function and context

Piano was born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa Genoa], Italy

Renzo studied architecture at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politecnico_di_Milano Milan Polytechnic University]

Piano taught at the Polytechnic University from 1965 until 1968, and expanded his horizons and technical skills by working in two large international firms, for the modernist architect [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Kahn Louis Kahn] in Philadelphia and for the Polish engineer Zygmunt Stanlislaw Makaovski in London. He completed his first building, the IPE factory in Genoa, in 1968, with a roof of steel and reinforced polyester, and created an ingenious continuous membrane for the covering of a pavilion at the Milan Triennale in the same year. In 1970, he received his first international commission, for the Pavilion of Italian Industry for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_70 Expo 70] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka Osaka], Japan.

The 1970 Osaka structure was greatly admired by the British architect [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rogers Richard Rogers], and in 1971 the two men decided to open their own firm, Piano and Rogers, where they worked together from 1971 to 1977. The first project of the firm was the administrative building of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%26B_Italia B&B Italia], an Italian furniture company, in Novedrate, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Como,_Italy Como, Italy]. This design featured suspended container and an open bearing structure, with the conduits for heating and water on the exterior painted in bright colors (blue, red and yellow).[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Piano#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaschen2016508-5 [5]] These unusual features attracted considerable attention in the architectural world, and influenced the choice of the jurors who selected Piano and Rogers to design the Pompidou Center.

at the age of 34, he and [http://www.archdaily.com/tag/richard-rogers Richard Rogers] won the design competition for the [http://www.archdaily.com/64028/ad-classics-centre-georges-pompidou-renzo-piano-richard-rogers Centre Pompidou] in Paris. After the completion of the building, Piano spent four years working alongside [http://www.archdaily.com/tag/peter-rice Peter Rice], the engineer of the Pompidou, before founding his firm [http://www.archdaily.com/office/renzo-piano-building-workshop Renzo Piano Building Workshop] in 1981.

The groundbreaking success of the Pompidou led Piano to a number of other museum commissions, including another of his most widely-praised works, the [http://www.archdaily.com/171974/ad-classics-menil-collection-renzo-piano/ Menil Collection] in Houston which opened in 1987. Today [https://www.archdaily.com/tag/renzo-piano Renzo Piano] is perhaps the world's most prolific museum designer, but in his own practice, his designs became markedly different from the flamboyant structural display of the Centre Pompidou; he has instead become revered for his light designs and precise detailing

Notable works:

* Centre Pompidou.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_International_Airport Kansai International Airport], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka Osaka], Japan (1991–1994)

=== Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia (1991–98) ===

=== Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (1992–2000) ===

=== Auditorium of the Parco della Musica (1994–2002) ===

=== New York Times Building (2000–2007) ===

=== The Shard, London (2000–2010) ===

=== Central Saint Giles, London (2002–2010) ===

=== Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City (2007–2015) ===

=== Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece (2016) ===

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