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Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers: Centre Georges Pompidou Renzo Piano: Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome Art Institute of Chicago
Renzo Piano discussing his design for Atlanta's High Museum of Art
The Shard skyscraper, designed by Renzo Piano, rises above the London cityscape with its distinctive glass, pyramid-like shape. The California Academy of Sciences building with a green roof covered in plants and several rounded mounds, surrounded by landscaped gardens in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The wing designed by Renzo Piano for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Pompidou Centre Piano, Renzo: Tjibaou Cultural Centre The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, features a modern, angular white facade with Whitney signage near the High Line park.
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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.
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Renzo Piano: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Peter Buchanan, Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Complete Works, 4 vol. (1993–2000); Emilio Pizzi, Renzo Piano (2003), in German and English.

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Article History

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Add new Web site: NPR - Architect Renzo Piano: The Future Of Europe's Cities Is In The Suburbs. Nov 08, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 10, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 26, 2024
Added cross-references to Kansai International Airport Terminal and the Shard. Dec 15, 2023
Replaced photograph. Apr 06, 2022
Added the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Sep 30, 2021
Article revised and updated. Apr 26, 2021
Add new Web site: Kimbell Art Museum - Biography of Renzo Piano. Jun 26, 2019
Add new Web site: Famous Architects - Biography of Renzo Piano. Jun 25, 2019
Add new Web site: Famous Architects - Biography of Renzo Piano. Apr 19, 2017
Add new Web site: The Pritzker Architecture Prize - Biography of Renzo Piano. May 30, 2013
Added photograph. Apr 12, 2013
Updated to mention the Shard. Feb 21, 2013
Added photograph. Jun 22, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Renzo Piano. May 11, 2011
Article revised and updated. Jan 09, 2009
Added new Web site: ArcSpace.com - Renzo Piano - Images and Descriptions of Architectural Projects. Jan 11, 2008
Added new Web site: ArcSpace.com - Renzo Piano - Images and Descriptions of Architectural Projects. Jan 11, 2008
Added new Web site: The Pritzker Architecture Prize - Renzo Piano. Oct 04, 2006
Added new Web site: The Pritzker Architecture Prize - Renzo Piano. Oct 04, 2006
New bibliography added. May 18, 2006
New article added. May 18, 2006
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