All Renzo Piano articles – Page 6
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Piano’s Ronchamp peace offering
Renzo Piano has completed a new visitor centre and nunnery in Ronchamp, France, sitting in the shadow of Le Corbusier’s Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut.
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New images of Baby Shard released
Shard of Glass developer Sellar Property Group has unveiled new images of the office block which will neighbour Renzo Piano’s 310m-high skyscraper.Sometimes known as the “Baby Shard”, the 17-storey tower, officially called The Place, has also been designed by Piano and is part of the wider £2 billion London Bridge ...
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British ambassador in Athens hosts construction industry party - as city burns
UK’s design talent is celebrated at reception for £500m Renzo Piano project
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The rise of Renzo's Shard
’Future photography’ project reveals a new angle on the 300mtall behemoth
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Piano's Shard central core is topped out
The central core of Britain’s tallest building, Renzo Piano’s Shard, was topped out yesterday
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Artist riffs on Piano's Shard of Glass
Artist Stephen Wiltshire has drawn a picture of Renzo Piano’s Shard of Glass, which is under construction at London Bridge.
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Technical
Cladding Renzo Piano’s Shard
The facade of Piano’s glass tower at London Bridge station is designed to be as transparent and flush as possible
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Piano defends his ‘kind of miracle’
Renzo Piano has defended his controversial Central St Giles scheme, now finally completed eight years after the project began.
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Building Study
Central St Giles by Renzo Piano
In this archive Building Study from 2010, Ellis Woodman pulls no punches in his assessment of Google’s $1bn trophy
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Renzo Piano’s Central Saint Giles tops out
The office block within Renzo Piano’s Central Saint Giles scheme in the central London has reached its highest point at 10 storeys.
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Technical
Renzo Piano brings bright cladding to the big city
Colourful extruded ceramic and glazed facades at Central St Giles are guaranteed to illuminate this new development near Centre Point
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Renzo Piano wins Danish Sonningprisen award
Renzo Piano has won the Danish Sonningprisen award, the largest cultural award in Denmark.
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Renzo Piano’s California Academy of Sciences opens in San Francisco
The California Academy of Sciences, heralded as the “greenest building in the world” opened this weekend in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
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Piano still working on Shard’s design
Renzo Piano is still finalising designs for Europe’s tallest skyscraper nearly five years after it was approved, it emerged this week.
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Features
Michael Trentham Architects builds piano house
A keen amateur pianist has commissioned Michael Trentham Architects to design a slim, one-bedroom house just large enough to accommodate his grand piano.
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Piano sceptical on anti-terror design
The architect behind London’s tallest planned skyscraper has criticised government efforts to “design out” terrorism.
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Piano unveils office development
Renzo Piano has unveiled designs for a new 46,000sq m landmark office development in central London (pictured), now on site.
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Building Study
Piano replaces Oxford Street monolith with transparent triptych
Renzo Piano Building Workshop has unveiled designs for a new 46,000sq m landmark building in London.
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Piano's Shard will be built, says Ken
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has guaranteed his support for Renzo Piano’s troubled Shard skyscraper. Speaking at the launch of his first ever housing plan, the mayor said he had “no intention” of withdrawing from Transport for London’s commitment to take up a large amount of office space in the ...