NEW YORK -- Everybody knows what the Empire State Building looks like. That's why Rick Bell, head of the Center for Architecture, didn't put the famous skyscraper on his list of great buildings to see in New York.
But the list from the Center...
Renzo Piano's wood model for the new Downtown Whitney, displayed at today's City Planning Commission public hearing.
Whitney Museum's director, Adam Weinberg, explains the architecture.
The model is wisked back into its crate before I can get...
FORT WORTH, TX - Some of the most celebrated and iconic works of the great Impressionist painters are on view at the Kimbell Art Museum. The loan of about 90 paintings from Chicago’s world-renowned Impressionist collection is possible because of...
A nice little sneak peek we caught the other day over at the Chicago Tribune, showing off starchitect Renzo Piano's plans for the Art Institute of Chicago's new wing, which is set to open next May. But not only does the video tour with Piano...
"I quite agree that the architecture must be defended, especially when you talk about the architecture of Le Corbusier and such beautiful and great places," says Piano. "The problem is that, in this case, the petition didn't tell the truth," he...
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Renzo Piano (born September 14, 1937) is a world renowned Italian architect and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and AIA Gold Medal.
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