martes, 21 de enero de 2020

#books #architecture | Piano : Renzo Piano Building Workshop : complete works 1966-today

Piano : Renzo Piano Building Workshop : complete works 1966-today / Philip Jodidio.
Köln : Taschen, 2019.
688 p. : il.
ISBN 9783836571821

/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI / Renzo Piano
ehuBiblioteka BCG Referencia A-(0.021)B PIA
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127908510

Updated with over 200 new pages, this XXL-sized monograph is jam-packed with photographs, sketches, and plans that span Renzo Piano’s entire career to date. It includes ongoing works like the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA and the Emergency Children’s Surgery Center in Entebbe, Uganda, as well as newly finished projects like the Château La Coste Art Gallery and the Paris Courthouse.

Renzo Piano rose to international prominence with his co-design of the Pompidou Center in Paris, described by ‘The New York Times’ as a building that “turned the architecture world upside down.” Since then, he has continued to craft such iconic cultural spaces as the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago and, most recently, the Whitney Museum of American Art, an asymmetric nine-story structure in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District with both indoor and outdoor galleries. In London, the Piano touch has also transformed the skyline with the Shard, the tallest building in the European Union.

At the age of 81, the Italian maestro retains all of his enthusiasm and kindness—and his recent roster is more impressive than ever. As he confided to the author, “I think at a certain age, one can discover that there is what the French call the ‘fil rouge,’ a kind of red thread that relates one building to another over time. In my case, I believe it is about lightness and the art of building.” From freshly built museums in Athens and Santander; ongoing works in Los Angeles, Moscow, Beirut, and Istanbul; to such humanitarian projects as the Emergency Children’s Surgery Center in Entebbe, Uganda, and the Children’s Hospice in Bologna, Italy, Piano’s career is a thrilling journey through the beauty and very essence of architecture.

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