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Renzo Piano
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the Shard The undulating roof of Renzo Piano's California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, contained many skylights and was covered with a field of native plants. The wing designed by Renzo Piano for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Pompidou Centre Piano, Renzo: Tjibaou Cultural Centre Whitney Museum of American Art
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Born September 14, 1937 (age 87) • Genoa • Italy
Awards And Honors Pritzker Prize (1998)
Subjects Of Study “Renzo Piano: The Architect of Light”

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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
The undulating roof of Renzo Piano's California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, contained many skylights and was covered with a field of native plants.
The wing designed by Renzo Piano for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
Pompidou Centre
Piano, Renzo: Tjibaou Cultural Centre
Whitney Museum of American Art
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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