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Renzo Piano

Born: 1937 | Genoa, Italy

Practice: Piano & Rogers (1971-1977), Piano & Rice (1977-1988), Renzo Piano Building Workshop (1981)

Awards: RIBA Gold Medal (1989), Kyoto Prize (1990), Praemium Imperiale (1995), Pritzker Prize (1998), UIA Gold Medal (2002), AIA Gold Medal (2008), Sonning Prize (2008)

Projects: Centre Georges Pompidou, Expo 70 Osaka Pavilion of Italian Industry, Kansai International Airport, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York Times Building, Parco della Musica, The Shard London, Whitney Museum of American Art

Pompidou Center (Centre Georges Pompidou), Paris, France (1971-1977)

Centre Georges Pompidou by Rogers, Piano © GraphyArchy CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (2000-2008)

California Academy of Sciences by Renzo Piano © Alfred Twu CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The Shard, London, UK (2009-2012)

The Shard by Renzo Piano © Coli CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Whitney Museum of American Art, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York (2015)

Whitney Museum of American Art by Renzo Piano © Jay Suresh CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

May Company Department Store Renovations (Saban Building), Los Angeles, California (2021)

May Company Department Store Renovations by Renzo Piano © Downtowngal CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons