Renzo Piano
Italian architect of iconic museums and skyscrapers.
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He is an Italian architect whose notable works include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and The Shard in London.[1]
Quick Facts
- Office
- Member of the Senate of the Republic
- Took office
- 30 August 2013
- Appointer
- Giorgio Napolitano
- Alma mater
- University of Florence; Polytechnic University of Milan
- Born
- 14 September 1937
- Birthplace
- Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
- Party
- Independent
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He completed his first building, the IPE factory in Genoa, in 1968.[2] Piano ended his collaboration with Rogers in 1977 and began working with engineer Peter Rice.[3] The airport terminal is 1.7 km long with a very low profile.[2] Piano designed the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre in Nouméa, New Caledonia, to display the culture of the Kanak people.[2]
Piano attended the University of Florence and the Polytechnic University of Milan for his architecture studies, and he completed his degree in 1964.[4] For Princess Cruises, Piano created the exterior design of two ships delivered in 1990 and 1991, giving them a dolphin-like appearance.[5] Piano and Rice were selected as winners of an international competition in 1988 to design Kansai International Airport, which was built on an artificial island in Osaka, Japan.[2]
What the cited sources add
The same source notes that the Kansai International Airport was inaugurated in June 1994.[6] The Inexhibit account describes Piano as "a humanist" who combines technical skills, artistic sensibility, and a belief in improving people's life.[7] Since 1981, Piano has operated through the Renzo Piano Building Workshop with offices in Genoa, Paris, and New York.[7] The Design Mag article reports that the Auditorium Niccolò Paganini in Parma was created from the historic Eridania sugar mill that closed in 1968.[6]
The Inexhibit source states that Piano entered the design scene by winning the competition for the Centre Pompidou in 1971.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Renzo Piano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Istanbul: World's Greatest Places 2022", 12 July 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Renzo Piano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jodidio 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Renzo Piano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Taschen 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Renzo Piano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bosia, "L'opera di Giuseppe Ciribini", Franco Angelo, 2013, p. 15; "Renzo Piano: Environmentally Progressive Concept Design for Athens' Modern Urban Icon, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)", 27 January 2009 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Renzo Piano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Two Ships Inspired by the Dolphin", Los Angeles Times, 6 May 1990 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Franceschi, "Renzo Piano: le opere dell'archistar italiano", Design Mag, 2017-03-04. facts only, no text reused. designmag.it
- "Renzo Piano", Inexhibit.com. facts only, no text reused. inexhibit.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Renzo Piano (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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