Creating space for the display of works of art has intrigued Renzo Piano throughout his thirty-five years of architectural praclice. Today he is acknowledged the preeminent designer in this fiekl, entrusted with the collections of the most distinguished art institutions in the world.

Balancing Sacred and Profane 9

Victoria Newhouse

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 16

Alexander Calder Retrospective Exhibition, Turin, Italy 30

Museum of Contemporary Art, Cite International, Lyon, France 38

The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas 50

Cy Twombly Gallery, Houston, Texas 64

Reconstruction of the Atelier Brancusi, Paris 76

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland 84

Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Noumea, New Caledonia 98

Giovanni and Marella Agnelli Art Gallery at Lingotto, Turin, Italy 110

Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland 122

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas 138

Expansion of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia 156

Renovation and Expansion of the Morgan Library and Museum, New York 172

Expansion of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois 186

Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina 194

Expansion of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts 198

Icon House, Tjuvholmen, Oslo, Norway 202

Expansion of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California 206

Project Credits 213