Tag Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano and RPBW: the Fil Rouge of contemporary architecture

11-12-2023

Renzo Piano and RPBW: the Fil Rouge of contemporary architecture

Between 9 December 2023 and 13 January 2024 Galerie d'Architecture in Paris presents an extraordinary exhibition about Renzo Piano and Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) entitled "Fil Rouge", offering an overview of half a century of work by Renzo Piano and his studio, redefining the canons of contemporary architecture and revealing the fil rouge or common thread running through all their projects.

Renzo Piano and Alvisi Kirimoto Interiors of Rai News 24 television studios

30-11-2022

Renzo Piano and Alvisi Kirimoto Interiors of Rai News 24 television studios

The studios of Rai News 24, Italy’s 24-hour news channel, located in the Rai production centre in Rome’s Saxa Rubra district, were recently renovated with interior design by Renzo Piano and Alvisi Kirimoto translating the evolution of the multimedia scene into architectural form and revealing some of the work that goes on behind the camera.

Whitney Biennial 2022, Quiet as It’s Kept

20-04-2022

Whitney Biennial 2022, Quiet as It’s Kept

Under the title Quiet as It's Kept, the 2022 Whitney Biennial exhibits an intergenerational, interdisciplinary group of sixty-three artists and collectives whose dynamic works reflect the challenges, complexity and possibilities of the American artistic experience today. All between April 6 and September 5 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, designed by architect Renzo Piano and located between the High Line and the Hudson River in New York.

RPBW’s Children’s Surgical Hospital for Emergency in Entebbe

07-01-2022

RPBW’s Children’s Surgical Hospital for Emergency in Entebbe

A "scandalously beautiful hospital" is how the late Italian surgeon and philanthropist Gino Strada, who passed away in the summer of 2021, described the request he submitted to architect Renzo Piano for the design of a new medical facility in Uganda: the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe, a virtuous example of good architecture, cooperation and co-design that opened in April 2021.

Renzo Piano designs a Pediatric Hospice among the treetops

21-05-2021

Renzo Piano designs a Pediatric Hospice among the treetops

A treehouse for finding relief amid the magic and natural beauty of the forest is the concept behind the pediatric hospice designed by architect Renzo Piano and his studio, RPBW, for the non-profit association Fondazione Hospice MariaTeresa Chiantore Seràgnoli Onlus. The complex is currently under construction in Bologna, next to Bellaria Hospital, and by 2022 it will be ready to become a Regional Reference Centre for Pediatric Palliative Care in the Region of Emilia Romagna.

The winners of the 2020 Italian Architecture Award

07-07-2020

The winners of the 2020 Italian Architecture Award

On June 30 MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Art hosted the awards ceremony in the first edition of the Italian Architecture Award, promoted by MAXXI and Triennale Milano with the support of the Italian Culture and Tourism Ministry. On the podium, two women architects: Francesca Torzo with "Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture" and Lucy Styles with "Home Sweet Home". Architect Cino Zucchi was awarded an honourable mention for the Lavazza Headquarters, while the Award for Lifetime Achievement went to architect Renzo Piano.

Premio Italiano di Architettura 2020 Award for Lifetime Achievement assigned to Renzo Piano

24-06-2020

Premio Italiano di Architettura 2020 Award for Lifetime Achievement assigned to Renzo Piano

Triennale di Milano and Maxxi, the National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome, with the support of MiBACT, the Italian culture ministry, held the first edition of Premio Italiano di Architettura, the Italian Prize for Architecture, in 2020. The first prize to be presented is the Award for Lifetime Achievement, which goes to Renzo Piano, the 1998 Pritzker Prize winning architect with a life-long appointment to the Italian senate. The awards ceremony will be held at Maxxi in Rome on June 30, on the occasion of the opening of the YAP Rome at MAXXI 2020 project, when the winners in the categories for the best built projects will be announced.

Philippe Sarfati: 2019 Open competition winner in the Architecture category of the Sony World Photography Awards

23-05-2019

Philippe Sarfati: 2019 Open competition winner in the Architecture category of the Sony World Photography Awards

Young French architect Philippe Sarfati is one of the 2019 Open competition winners in the Architecture category of the Sony World Photography Awards, one of the world's leading photography competitions.

TORONTO: a melting pot of architecture and design

04-12-2018

TORONTO: a melting pot of architecture and design

Toronto is a cultural melting pot featuring plenty of industrial and Victorian architecture, with warehouses converted into art and design galleries, artists’ studios and coffeeshops, cultural hubs of fashion and film and plenty of space for museums, too.

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