Italian architect, born 1937, who burst into view as co-designer with Richard Rogers of the Centre Pompidou in 1977 and went on to a career of luminous, precisely detailed museums and towers: the Menil Collection in Houston, the Kansai Airport terminal, and the Shard in London. He received the Pritzker Prize in 1998.
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Defining ContributionThe Centre Pompidou and a museum architecture of light and detail 2 Classification
AwardPritzker Architecture Prize 1 Renzo Piano
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Awarded the AIA Gold Medal in 2008.
Source American Institute of Architects Official Site
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient 1989
In Style
Source Renzo Piano (Wikipedia)
Works Designed
In equal partnership with Richard Rogers, whose entity this founding wave has not yet minted.
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Source Wikipedia: Kansai International Airport
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, nationality there.
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1. Renzo Piano (Wikipedia)
- intro: "awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998"
- In Style: High-Tech Architecture, Centre Pompidou is an archetype of high-tech architecture
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American Institute of ArchitectsAssociated With: American Institute of ArchitectsView the Source Wikipedia: Kansai International Airport
WikipediaWorks Designed: Kansai International Airport Terminal 1, Lead paragraph, second sentence, architect clauseQuote, Works Designed: Kansai International Airport Terminal 1, Lead paragraph, second sentence, architect clause
Terminal 1, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, is the longest airport terminal in the world with a length of 1.7 km (1+1⁄16 mi).
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