Description
No. 652 of a+u showcases 25 projects by Renzo Piano Building Workshop from 2010–2025, revealing how RPBW’s Genoa and Paris offices adapt to diverse urban contexts. Whether working in historic cities like London and Istanbul or creating new landmarks, RPBW emphasizes human experience through structural lightness and environmental integration. The solarpunk spirit that has distinguished RPBW over the years comes through in humanist projects like Uganda’s Children’s Surgical Hospital, combining rammed-earth construction with solar technology. Monumental institutions such as the cliff-like Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens demonstrate an analytical approach to site-specific challenges.
CONTENTS
- Essay: RPBW: From Atelier to Building Site. Fulvio Irace
- Paddington Square
Pathé Palace
Istanbul Modern
GES–2 House of Culture
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
CERN Science Gateway Building - Essay: Renzo Piano Building Workshop: In Search of Common Values 62. Nicolai Ouroussoff
- Marunouchi Tokio Marine
New Grands–Montets Ropeway Stations
The Orto Rampante
Children’s Hospice
Children’s Surgical Hospital
Citadel University Campus
Manhattanville Campus Plan
The Forum
Jerome L. Greene Science Center for Mind Brain Behavior
Lenfest Center for the Arts
Centro Botín 1
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Jérôme Seydoux Pathé Foundation
Whitney Museum of American Art at Gansevoort
Kimbell Art Museum Expansion
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art
Resnick Pavilion (LACMA Expansion – Phase II)
Ronchamp Gatehouse and Monastery
The Shard

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