The Academy invited forty architecture firms to participate in an international design competition and chose six finalists to meet with the board for an interview. Renzo Piano, a Pritzker Prize ...

Smeg has unveiled a special edition of the classic Piano Hob, launching 1,000 pieces of the design classic originally conceived with Italian architect Renzo Piano in 1995. The new collection ...

The design by Renzo Piano Building Workshop is much more rectilinear when compared to the proposal by Kengo Kuma & Associates. A sleek roof membrane and curtain wall grid echo the symmetrical ...

Since 1977, when Renzo Piano and British partner Richard Rogers shocked the architectural establishment with the Georges Pompidou Center, that parody of high-tech design moored in the 18th-century ...

The Pompidou Centre was derided by many when its design was first unveiled – yet its influence has been huge. As a renovation ...

Renzo Piano's design responds to the bustling urban context with a vertical structure that maximizes the compact site while creating a sense of openness and transparency. Rising 10 stories high ...

Plans for the center were announced late last year and the building is one of just two to three new commissions accepted by Renzo Piano annually, according to the studio. The design phase for the ...