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Renzo Piano

Italian architect (1937-) · Italy · Architects

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The man behind The Shard, the Pompidou's inside-out guts, and a string of museums that redrew skylines from London to New York - an architect whose buildings tend to become the postcard.

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A life in dates

2022Honorary Doctor of the University of Picardie Jules VerneAward2017Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the WiseAwardPrix de l'Équerre d'ArgentAward2013Italian senator for lifeOffice2008AIA Gold MedalAward2000Golden LionAwardOfficer of the Legion of HonourAward1998Pritzker Architecture PrizeAward1995Berliner KunstpreisAwardErasmus PrizeAward1994Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and ArtAward1991Prix de l'Équerre d'ArgentAward1990Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward1989Royal Gold MedalAward1978Auguste Perret PrizeAward1937Born14 September 1937

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Awards

Honorary Doctor of the University of Picardie Jules Verne2022
Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise2017
Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent2017
Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University2014
AIA Gold Medal2008
Officer of the Legion of Honour2000
Golden Lion2000
Pritzker Architecture Prize1998
Erasmus Prize1995
Praemium Imperiale1995
Berliner Kunstpreis1995
Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art1994
Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent1991
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1990
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy1990
Royal Gold Medal1989
Auguste Perret Prize1978
Gold Medal for Italian Architecture
Sir John Sulman Medal

About this person

Renzo Piano was born in Genoa in September 1937. In 1977, he and Richard Rogers unveiled the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, its structure worn on the outside like scaffolding that never came down. The projects that followed mapped a global practice: Kansai International Airport in Osaka in 1994, The New York Times Building in 2007, The Shard in London in 2012, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 2015, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens in 2016, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in 2022. The Pritzker Prize came in 1998. Since 2013 he has held a seat in the Italian Senate, appointed for life.

Country
Italy
Category
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
living
Dates
Born 1937 · age 89

In common with Renzo

Kenzō TangeBoth received AIA Gold MedalRiken YamamotoBoth received Pritzker Architecture PrizeTadao AndoBoth received Pritzker Architecture PrizeRichard RogersBoth received Auguste Perret PrizeCésar PelliBoth received AIA Gold MedalKazuyo SejimaBoth received Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent

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