Word: renzo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cuno said he had asked world-renowned Italian-architect Renzo Piano, who attended the meeting, to examine the range of possibilities for the Mahoney's site...
Finally, architect Renzo Piano's talent and charm may be easing the project's path. By getting Piano to turn from planning for the Fogg and Sackler renovations to this new Mahoney project, Cuno bought a very convincing advocate for the project...
...been won over by Renzo Piano," says the Faculty source. "Renzo Piano is a secret weapon. Whenever he presents something I am ready to build it. In person al and design intelligence, he's one of the world's premier architects...
...equivalent to Dario Fo--still less to Rigoberta Menchu. It is given not for promise but to uphold the ideal of excellence. Twenty men (but no women) have received it since Philip Johnson got the first one in 1979; they range from Mexico's Luis Barragan to Italy's Renzo Piano, from Britain's James Stirling to America's Frank Gehry. This year's laureate, announced this week, is another Brit: England's Sir Norman Foster, 63. "Every award is special," says Foster, "but there's only one Pritzker. It's a recognition of the importance of architecture itself...
...CULTURAL CENTER, NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA Never heard of Tjibao? Don't know New Caledonia from Old? Hardly matters. The silhouette of this arts complex is so eye catching that unlike much modern architecture, it doesn't need to be explained to be liked. But it helps to know that Renzo Piano designed the slatted wooden sails of the center as a tribute to the local building traditions, as wind shields and as thermal chimneys that promote airflow...