Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano
Piano in 2012
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Life tenure
30 August 2013
Appointed byGiorgio Napolitano
Personal details
Born (1937-09-14) 14 September 1937 (age 87)
Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Florence
Polytechnic University of Milan
OccupationArchitect
AwardsPritzker Architecture Prize
RIBA Gold Medal
Sonning Prize
AIA Gold Medal
Kyoto Prize
BuildingsKansai International Airport
Centre Georges Pompidou
Parco della Musica
Shard London Bridge
The New York Times Building
Whitney Museum of American Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Renzo Piano OMRI (Italian: [ˈrɛntso ˈpjaːno]; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015), İstanbul Modern in Istanbul (2022)[1] and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016). He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998.

Piano has been a Senator for Life in the Italian Senate since 2013.

  1. ^ "Istanbul: World's Greatest Places 2022". 12 July 2022.