While some architects have a signature style, Renzo Piano seeks to
apply coherent ideas to extraordinarily different projects. His buildings
impress as much for their individual impact as for their diversity of scale,
material, and form.
Piano rose to international prominence with his codesign of the
Pompidou Center in Paris, described by The New York Times as a building that
"turned the architecture world upside down.” Since then, he has continued
to craft many high-profile cultural spaces, including the Modern Wing of the Art
Institute of Chicago; the Morgan Library Renovation and Expansion in New York;
and, most recently, the Whitney Museum of American Art, an asymmetric
nine-story structure in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District with both indoor and
outdoor galleries. In New York and London, the Renzo touch has also transformed
the skyline with the towers of the New York Times Building and the Shard, the
tallest building in the European Union.
This essential introduction travels from Osaka, Japan, to Bern,
Switzerland, and through many cities, structures, and islands in between, to
explore the staggering scope of the Renzo Piano repertoire. From the
"inside-out” Pompidou to the airy shells of the Tjibaou Cultural Center in
Noumea, New Caledonia, this is a thrilling journey through the beauty of
architecture, where, in Piano’s own words, "each time, it is like life
starting all over again.”
Характеристики
Код товара
755598
Издательство
TASCHEN
ISBN
978-3-8365-3646-2
Количество страниц
96
Переплет
Твердый переплёт
Язык издания
Английский
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