All Renzo Piano articles
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NewsRenzo Piano’s Istanbul Modern art museum opens its doors
Landmark waterfront building offers 10,500sq m of space for exhibitions, education and screenings
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NewsRenzo Piano unveils Bermondsey tower with Victorian façade
Shard architect returns to London Bridge with Sellar
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BlogsA sad way to say hello
The Shard’s inauguration left London feeling sorry for its newest tower
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BlogsVanity Fair reveals vanity voting behind list of best modern buildings
A survey to find the best building since 1980 has revealed some unusally brazen vanity voting, the truth behind traditionalists claims to 'not have a problem' with modern buildings and that competition doesn't awlays brred resentment...
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Blogs
SFMOMA - the usual suspects plus Adjaye
When Americans want a new architecturally adventurous museum, it seems that they like to stick close to a well worn path. The latest starchitect riddled shortlist to be leaked for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art extension is certainly no exception, despite the rumoured addition of David Adjaye and ...
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Elitism in Australia and Renzo Piano on working through the recession
Renzo says his studio isn't really feeling the effects of the recession, which is nice for him if a little galling for everyone that is. But that doesn't mean he isn't empathetic. Apparently, after the Pompidou, Renzo got no work for years and he now sees leaner times as an ...
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Renzo's Chicago triumph
It must be nice to be described as 'the world's best architect' by none other than Richard Rogers. But News Junkie likes to think that Renzo Piano is more concerned with making well-designed buildings than accolades from other starchitects.Yes, News Junkie has developed a bit of a crush on Renzo, ...
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Brad Pitt, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano and Ordos 100
It's a big day for big names. Renzo Piano has won a new building commission; Brad Pitt unveiled a new list of architects unveiled for his New Orleans project; the recession has a silver lining for an early Frank Gehry building that was due for demolition and there's a roundup ...
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A quiet news day...
What with everyone in the UK obsessing about Prince Charles and the big wave of news that came through yesterday and over the weekend, today has been a bit quiet.News Junkie was hoping for news about stalled projects in Moscow but the Russian media is completely dominated by the Eurovision ...
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Piano downsized, Parrault wins Sofia and Libeskind extends the Jewish Museum
Some big news for some big name architects today - Libeskind wins the jammy job of adding to his own design with a Euro 10million extension.And Dominique Perrault gets to design the entire city centre for the beautiful town of Sofia. The news doesn't seem to be so good for ...