AV 197-198 Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Description

The magazine’s third instalment devoted to Renzo Piano Building Workshop covers the studio’s output over the last decade through a selection of twenty works and ten projects. It also presents a conversation between Renzo Piano and Luis Fernández-Galiano, in which the former takes stock of his career from its beginnings, plus an essay by Lorenzo Ciccarelli explaining the office’s working method. The volume concludes with a collection of ten previously published texts from the last twenty-five years by editor Fernández-Galiano, dealing with the role of construction, the importance of context and scale, and the relationship with art in the work of Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
CONTENTS

• Luis Fernández-Galiano, Piano in Pieces
• Luis Fernández-Galiano, Dialogue in Punta Nave
• Lorenzo Ciccarelli, The Paris and Genoa Workshops

Twenty Works

• The New York Times Building, 2000-2007, New York (United States)
• California Academy of Sciences, 2000-2008, San Francisco (United States)
• Chicago Art Institute – The Modern Wing, 2000-2009, Chicago (United States)
• The Shard – London Bridge Tower, 2000-2012, London (United Kingdom)
• Central St. Giles Mixed-use Development, 2002-2010, London (United Kingdom)
• MUSE and Le Albere Area, 2002-2016, Trento (Italy)
• Broad Contemporary Art Museum / The Resnick Pavilion, 2003-2008/2006-2010, Los Angeles (United States)
• Renovation and Expansion of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2005-2012, Boston (United States)
• Private House in Colorado, 2006-2010, Aspen (United States)
• Gatehouse and Monastery, 2006-2011, Ronchamp (France)
• Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, 2006-2012, Oslo (Norway)
• Harvard Art Museums Renovation and Expansion, 2006-2012, Cambridge (United States)
• Kimbell Art Museum Extension, 2007-2013, Fort Worth (United States)
• Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation, 2007-2014, Paris (France)
• The Whitney Museum of American Art, 2007-2015, New York (United States)
• Jerome L. Greene Science Center for Mind Brain Behavior, 2007-2016, New York (United States)
• Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, 2008-2016, Athens (Greece)
• Valletta City Gate, 2009-2015, Valletta (Malta)
• Auditorium del Parco, 2010-2012, L’Aquila (Italia)
• Botín Centre, 2010-2017, Santander (Spain)

Ten Projects

• Courthouse, 2010-, Paris (France)
• Citadel University Campus, 2010-, Amiens (France)
• Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 2012-, Los Angeles (United States)
• Emergency Children’s Surgery Center, 2013-, Entebbe (Uganda)
• École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, 2015-, Saclay (France)
• Beirut City Museum, 2015-, Beirut (Lebanon)
• Proyecto GES-2, 2015-, Moscow (Russia)
• Children’s Hospice, 2015-, Bologne (Italy)
• Istanbul Modern Museum, 2016-, Istanbul (Turkey)
• Port Control Tower, 2016-, Genoa (Italy)

Ten Texts

• Pianoforte
• A Lonesome Sailor
• Piano lontano
• Conversation at the Newspaper
• Megamorphosis: Piano vs. Koolhaas
• Secular Religion: Piano vs. Holl
• New York Heights: Piano vs. SANAA
• Sacred Places: Piano vs. Gehry
• A Miracle in Santander
• Architect in Asteroid

240 pages, ills colour & bw / 24 x 30 cm / English, Spanish