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Born September 14, 1937 (age 89) • Genoa • Italy
Awards And Honors Pritzker Prize (1998)

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Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers: Centre Georges Pompidou
Renzo Piano: Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Art Institute of Chicago
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.
Renzo Piano discussing his design for Atlanta's High Museum of Art
Hear Renzo Piano speaking about his design for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta
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