On Tour With Renzo Piano offers the rare opportunity to join Piano himself on a journey around 22 of his key buildings,each presented through personal text and a photographic tour,which takes the reader from the external to the internal and to the detail.The selection includes the impressive Centre Georges Pompidou,the Beyeler Foundation and Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center.Also presenting the Renzo Piano Building Workshop,this book offers an intimate guide to the work of one of the most respected and visionary architects of our time.
Introduction
1971/1977
Centre Georges Pompidou
Paris.France
1971/1990
IRCAM
Paris.France
1992/1996
Atelier Brancusi Reconstruction
Paris,France
1982/1987
The Menil Collection
Houston.Texas,USA
1992/1995
Cy Twombly Pavilion
Houston.Texas.USA
1983/1986
IBM Travelling Pavilion
Travelling,Europe
1983/2003
Lingotto Factory Conversion
Turin.ltaly
2000/2002
The Giovanni and Marella Agnelli
Art Gallery at Lingotto
Turin, Italy
1985/2001
Re-development of the Genoa
Old Harbour
Genoa, Italy
1987/1990
San Nicola Football Stadium
Bari, Italy
1988/1994
Kansai International Airport Terminal
Osaka, Japan
1989/1991
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Punta Nave, Genoa, Italy
1991/1997
Beyeler Foundation Museum
Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
1991/1998
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center
Noumea, New Caledonia
1991/2001
Banca Popolare di Lodi Headquarters
Lodi, Italy
1992/1997
NEMO
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1992/2000
Potsdamer Platz Reconstruction
Berlin, Germany
1994/2002
"Parco della Musica" Auditorium
Rome, Italy
1996/2000
Aurora Place
Sydney, Australia
1997/2001
Niccolb Paganini Auditorium
Parma, Italy
1998/2001
Maison Hermes
Tokyo, Japan
1999/2003
The Nasher Sculpture Center
Dallas, Texas, LISA
Credits, Selected Bibliography,
Prizes and Acknowledgements