Renzo Piano

One of the best-known architects of the modern age, Renzo Piano (1937) has half a century of work all over the world in a variety of disciplines behind him. Piano graduated from Politecnico di Milano in 1964 and gained experience in Philadelphia and London, but the most important factor in his education was his Paris meeting with Jean Prouvé. A partner of Richard Rogers between 1971 and ‘77, Piano has also worked with numerous other well-known architects and engineers (Rice, Fitzgerald, Makowsky). His work embraces a variety of fields: from trade fair pavilions to restoration of historic buildings, from studies of materials and processes to boat and furniture design. Unanimously recognised as highly unusual, Piano’s architecture cannot be traced to any particular “school”, current or style: his concept of design ....

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