Renzo Piano : the art of making buildings.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piano, Renzo--Exhibitions.

Piano, Renzo.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Distribution:

New York, NY : ARTBOOK / D.A.P., [date of distribution not identified]

Other Title:

Art of making buildings

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Academy Of Arts, [2018]

Summary:

One of the world's most renowned architects, Renzo Piano was born in Genoa in 1937 into a family of Italian builders. He is responsible for such iconic landmarks as the Shard in London, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. The Renzo Piano Building Workshop, based in Paris and Genoa, fosters this spirit of collaboration and mentoring, and continues to pioneer groundbreaking architecture that challenges and inspires. This book, which accompanies an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, provides an intimate look at the life and work of a man who believes passionately that architecture should make a positive contribution to people and place. An exclusive interview with Piano himself introduces this publication, before a series of texts by major figures from the worlds of culture, engineering and building, including the Oscar-winning actor and director Roberto Benigni, the artist Susumu Shingu and the architect Richard Rogers, Piano's co-designer of the Centre Georges Pompidou.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Royal Academy of the Arts, London, September 15, 2018-January 20, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (page 155) and index.

Contains:

Piano, Renzo. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

9781910350713

1910350710

OCLC:

1050762834