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." About the
series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the
best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in
TASCHEN's Basic Architecture series features: an introduction to
the life and work of the architect the major works in chronological
order information about the clients, architectural preconditions as
well as construction problems and resolutions a list of all the
selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and
most famous buildings approximately 120 illustrations (photographs,
sketches, drafts, and plans)
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