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

Glass blocks have revolutionised the history of architecture, introducing a type of transparency that goes beyond the classic ...

Since 1977, when Renzo Piano and British partner Richard Rogers ... and artisans' studio for the luxury-goods maker Hermès in Tokyo, and a proposed new museum for Harvard University.

In 1981, Piano founded the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW ... Nationale d'Art Moderne (formerly housed in the Palais de Tokyo in Paris's haut-bourgeois 16th arrondissement).