NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano (born September 14, 1937) is a famous Italian architect. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x302, 25 KB)Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x302, 25 KB)Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. ... The Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church is a church in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy owned by the Provincia dei Frati Minori Cappuccini di Foggia. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ...

Biography

Renzo Piano was born in Genoa, Italy and still maintains a home and office (Building Workshop) there. 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. The Ancient Port of Genoa. ... Politecnico di Milano is the largest technical university in Italy with about 42,000 students. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Salk Institute, La Jolla, California Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901/1902 â€“ March 17, 1974) was a world-renowned architect who practiced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside (born 23 July 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Pompidou Centres famous external skeleton of service pipes. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France RÃ©gion ÃŽle-de-France DÃ©partement Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand DelanoÃ« (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Peter Rice (1935-1992) was an Irish structural engineer. ...

He has a long interest in elegantly expressed structure. This is evident in early works such as the Centre Pompidou, IBM travelling pavilion, through to the Kansai International Airport, Osaka (1988). Renzo Piano was responsible for the masterplan for the reconstruction of the Potzdammer Platz, Berlin, and also designed a portion of the new construction on the site. Kansai International Airport )(IATA: KIX, ICAO: RJBB), is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, off the shore of Sennan district of Osaka, Japan. ... Osaka ) is the capital of Osaka Prefecture and the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Today, he is well known for his museum designs: the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Menil Collection in Houston (1986), the Beyeler Foundation museum in Basel, Switzerland, a museum dedicated to Swiss painter Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland, as well as completed museum projects in Dallas (the Nasher Sculpture Center) and in Atlanta of the High Museum of Art. The Menil Collection, in Houston, houses the art collection of founders Dominique and John de Menil. ... Houston redirects here. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Klee (December 18, 1879 to June 29, 1940) was a Swiss-German painter. ... High Museum, Atlanta. ...

2002 marked the completion of his state-of-the-art Auditorium-Parco della Musica (3 halls which can accommodate 2800, 1200 and 700 people respectively, an outdoor cavea and a large surrounding park) in Rome, Europe's largest music venue of its kind. In 2003 his Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church in San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy) was completed. Piano has also designed football stadia, bridges, liners and automobiles. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Parco della Musica auditorium in Rome The Parco della Musica is a large multi-function public music complex to the north of Rome--in the area where the 1960 Olympics had been staged. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 8th century BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area - City 1,285 kmÂ² (496. ... European redirects here. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church is a church in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy owned by the Provincia dei Frati Minori Cappuccini di Foggia. ... San Giovanni Rotondo is the name of a city and comune in the Province of Foggia, Puglia region, Italy. ...

One of his most recent designs is the approved Shard London Bridge skyscraper (also known as the London Bridge Tower or Shard of glass) in London. His latest project is the natural history museum the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. In early June of 2006, he tentatively agreed to design an 850-foot tower that is part of the San Francisco Transbay Terminal project. Shard London Bridge, set to become the tallest building in Western Europe. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building architecturally, is located in Taipei City, Taiwan. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest natural history museums in the world. ... An aerial view of the Golden Gate Park The Golden Gate Park is the largest urban park in San Francisco, California, USA. At 1017 acres (4. ... San Francisco Transbay Terminal, or simply Transbay Terminal, is a transportation complex in San Francisco, California located roughly in the center of the rectangle bounded north-south by Mission Street and Howard Street, and east-west by Beale Street and Second Street. ...

He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998 and is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually to honor a living architect by the Hyatt Foundation, run by the Pritzker family. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of UNESCO and utilize their talent or fame to spread the UNESCO ideals. ...

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The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest natural history museums in the world. ... A rendering of the New York Times Tower The New York Times Tower is the new home of The New York Times Company publisher of the The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, as well as other regional papers, and radio and television stations. ... The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the premier fine art institutions in the United States. ... High Museum, Atlanta. ... eastern side Aurora Place is the common name of Renzo Pianos award winning office tower and residential block on Sydneys Macquarie Street. ... The Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano with the concept of celebrating the vernacular Kanak culture of New Caledonia. ... Kansai International Airport )(IATA: KIX, ICAO: RJBB), is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, off the shore of Sennan district of Osaka, Japan. ... The IRCAM, Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, was founded in the 1970s by Pierre Boulez. ... The Pompidou Centres famous external skeleton of service pipes. ...

External links

Pritzker Prize: Winners (1979-2000)

1979: Johnson | 1980: Barragán | 1981: Stirling | 1982: Roche | 1983: Pei | 1984: Meier | 1985: Hollein | 1986: Böhm | 1987: Tange | 1988: Bunshaft and Niemeyer | 1989: Gehry | 1990: Rossi | 1991: Venturi | 1992: Siza | 1993: Maki | 1994: Portzamparc | 1995: Ando | 1996: Moneo | 1997: Fehn | 1998: Piano | 1999: Foster | 2000: Koolhaas The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honor a living architect. ... 1933 Portrait of Philip Johnson by Carl Van Vechten Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 â€“ January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. ... Luis BarragÃ¡n (Guadalajara, March 9, 1902 - Mexico City, November 22, 1988) was one of the most important Mexican architects of the 20th century. ... Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University. ... Kevin Roche (b. ... The Louvre Pyramid, Paris Ieoh Ming Pei (Chinese: è²è¿éŠ˜; Pinyin: BÃ¨i YÃ¹mÃng; b. ... Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey) is a late twentieth century American architect known for his use of the color white. ... Hans Hollein, (March 30, 1934 in Vienna - ) is an Austrian architect Hollein achieved a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in [[Vienna in 1956, then in the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959 and the University of Calfornia in 1960. ... Gottfried BÃ¶hms 1968 Iglesia Youth Center Library, Cologne Gottfried BÃ¶hm (or Gottfried Boehm) is a contemporary German architect. ... Kenzo Tange (ä¸¹ä¸‹å¥ä¸‰, Tange KenzÅ; September 4, 1913 - March 22, 2005) was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. ... Gordon Bunshaft (May 9, 1909â€“August 6, 1990) was a 20th century architect educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect who is considered one of the most important names in international modern architecture. ... Gehrys most famous work, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, February 28, 1929 in Toronto, Canada) is an architect known for his sculptural approach to building design. ... Aldo Rossi, (May 3, 1931- September 4, 1997 Milan, Italy) was an Italian architect. ... Robert Charles Venturi (June 25, 1925 -) is a Philadelphia-based architect who worked under Eero Saarinen and Louis Kahn before forming his own firm with John Rauch. ... Ãlvaro Siza Vieira (Ãlvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, born 25 June 1933 in Matosinhos), is a contemporary Portuguese architect. ... Spiral house in Tokyo Fumihiko Maki (æ§‡æ–‡å½¦, Maki Fumihiko) is a Japanese architect born in Tokyo on September 6, 1928. ... CitÃ© de la musique building in Paris Christian de Portzamparc (born May 5, 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French architect and urbanist. ... The famous Church of the Light in Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, Japan The Westin Awaji Island designed by Ando Tadao Ando (å®‰è—¤å¿ é›„, AndÅ Tadao, born September 13, 1941 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese architect whose approach to architecture is sometimes categorised as Critical Regionalism. ... The extension to Atocha Railway Station JosÃ© Rafael Moneo VallÃ©s (born May 9, 1937) is a Spanish architect. ... Sverre Fehn was born in Kongsberg, Norway, on August 14, 1924. ... The Hearst Tower in New York City. ... Seattle Central Library, designed by OMA Rem Koolhaas (born November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch architect, former journalist and screenwriter who studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. ...

Complete List | Winners (2001- )