Renzo Piano
Italian architect (born 1937)
89 years oldVirgoItaly
Biography
Renzo Piano (Italian: [ˈrɛntso ˈpjaːno]; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable works include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), Kansai International Airport in Osaka (1994), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015), Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in Istanbul (2022), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016) and The New York Times Building in New York City (2007). He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998.
Piano has served as a senator for life in the Italian Senate since 2013.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- Italian senator for life
Employers / organisations
- People's Republic of China
Notable works
- The Shard
- Kansai International Airport
- Stadio San Nicola
- Intesa Sanpaolo Building
- Vulcano Buono
- The Morgan Library & Museum
- Centre Georges Pompidou
- California Academy of Sciences
- Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
- Botin Centre
Awards & honours (18)
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art
- Royal Gold Medal
- Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent
- Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Erasmus Prize
- Praemium Imperiale
- AIA Gold Medal
- Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy
- Berliner Kunstpreis
- honorary doctorate from Columbia University
- Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise
- Golden Lion
- Auguste Perret Prize
- Gold Medal for Italian Architecture
- Sir John Sulman Medal
- honorary doctor of the University of Picardie Jules Verne
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- Renzo Piano was born in Genoa.
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- Renzo Piano is a citizen of Italy.
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