28 inspirations found
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Parliament Building in Valletta
Patterns created by weathering on Valletta’s mighty fortification walls provided Renzo Piano with the inspiration for the limestone facades of M...
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High-Rise Block in Turin
At 166 metres, the tower is a distinctive feature in the Turin cityscape in which its height is surpassed only just by the tip of the historic »Mole A...
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Specialist know-how: Flood Mitigation for the Whitney Museum in New York City
In July 2004 the Italian architect Renzo Piano was commissioned to design the new Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The selected site i...
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Museum Extension in Fort Worth
With his design for a new pavilion at the Kimbell Art Museum, Renzo Piano achieves a balance between deference toward Kahn’s masterpiece and a self-co...
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Fondation Pathé in Paris
The Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé holds the archive of one of the film industry’s oldest firms. The foundation’s headquarters have been inserted as a...
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Jeweller’s Studio with Shop in London
The neighbourhoods south of the Thames have been experiencing change for years. The Shard – the skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano – was, for example...
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