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 ...

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

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 ...

Piano and Rogers' design was chosen from 681 competition entries. Our idea was a museum that would inspire curiosity, not intimidate people, and that would open up culture to all – Renzo Piano ...