Renzo Piano Building Workshop: The Poetry of Flight

Renzo Piano Building Workshop: The Poetry of Flight
Building virtuoso: The exploration and iconoclasm of an Italian master

While some architects have a signature style, Renzo Piano seeks to apply coherent ideas to extraordinarily different projects. His buildings impress as much for their individual impact as for their diversity of scale, material, and form.

Piano rose to international prominence with his codesign of the Pompidou Center in Paris, described by The New York Times as a building that â€œturned the architecture world upside down.â€ Since then, he has continued to craft many high-profile cultural spaces, including the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago; the Morgan Library Renovation and Expansion in New York; and, most recently, the Whitney Museum of American Art, an asymmetric nine-story structure in Manhattanâ€™s Meatpacking District with both indoor and outdoor galleries. In New York and London, the Renzo touch has also transformed the skyline with the towers of the New York Times Building and the Shard, the tallest building in the European Union.

This essential introduction travels from Osaka, Japan, to Bern, Switzerland, and through many cities, structures, and islands in between, to explore the staggering scope of the Renzo Piano repertoire. From the â€œinside-outâ€ Pompidou to the airy shells of the Tjibaou Cultural Center in NoumÃ©a, New Caledonia, this is a thrilling journey through the beauty of architecture, where, in Pianoâ€™s own words, â€œeach time, it is like life starting all over again.â€

About the series:
Each book in TASCHENâ€™s Basic Architecture series features:
- an introduction to the life and work of the architect
- the major works in chronological order
- information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
- a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
- approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)
Country USA
Brand Taschen
Manufacturer Taschen America Llc
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9783836536462
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Taschen
Manufacturer	Taschen America Llc
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9783836536462
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Renzo Piano Building Workshop: The Poetry of Flight

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