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Renzo Piano is an Italian architect born in 1937 who has designed major buildings and structures throughout his career. His work matters because he is recognized as one of the most significant contemporary architects shaping modern buildings and urban spaces around the world.
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- 1937-09-14
- Works
- 36
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 29
- Total plays
- 63
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- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,035x
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Renzo Piano ( Italian: [ˈrɛntso ˈpjaːno]; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable works include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), Kansai International Airport in Osaka (1994), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015), Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in Istanbul (2022), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016) and The New York Times Building in New York City (2007). He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998.
Piano has served as a senator for life in the Italian Senate since 2013.
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1937 births20th-century Italian architects21st-century Italian architectsAcademic staff of the Polytechnic University of MilanArchitects awarded knighthoodsArchitects from GenoaCompasso d'Oro Award recipientsEngineers from GenoaHonorary Fellows of the American Institute of ArchitectsHonorary members of the Royal AcademyItalian Freemasons