The book Piano or the builder , with 96 pages and in soft cover, includes fifteen texts that go through the life and work of Renzo Piano. The collection of articles begins with a brief biography, and closes with an extensive conversation at his home in Punta Nave, where the Genoese architect reviews his long career, from his formative years to current projects around the world and the support to young people from its Foundation. Between both pieces, texts are reproduced in chronological order that comment on different episodes of his career, sometimes in contrast to the approach of other architects: thus, the Kansai airport explores the large scale and the headquarters of The New York Times the great height, while the church of Padre Pío or the Ronchamp convent offer different responses to the religious order. But perhaps museums are the architectural type in which he has been most influential, from the mythical Pompidou he created with Richard Rogers or that absolute masterpiece that is the Menil, and even his first commission in Spain, the Botín Center in Santander, achievements all of them in which he has united technological refinement, love of craftsmanship and civic sensitivity.
'Portraits' Collection, 2021
Spanish Language
Soft cover
96 pages
