Overview

This is the second of five authoritative and stylish volumes on one of the world's greatest contemporary architects, written by one of today's most important critics. This tome on Renzo Piano (b.1937) provides an enlightening study of his underlying approach to architecture and how this influences his technique, followed by a detailed presentation of the range of his buildings and projects from the period 1987 to 1993. In an interview recorded especially for this book, Piano talks about his early career as a designer, his attitude towards technology and his continuing evolution of what Peter Buchanan has called a natural architecture. Many of the completed buildings featured in this volume are located in and around Piano's home town of Genoa: from the soaring structures associated with the 1992 Expo in the old docks, to the ground-hugging form of his own laboratory-workshop in Vesima.

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Author:   Peter Buchanan
Publisher:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 25.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 29.00cm
Weight:   1.500kg
ISBN:  

9780714838991

ISBN 10:   0714838993
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   22 July 1999
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Further dimensions of the organic - the continuing evolution of a natural architecture; Bercy 2 shopping Centre, Paris; Thomson Optronics Factory, Saint Qunetin en Yvelines; Genoa Metro Stations; cruise ships and yacht; interview with Renzo Piano; UNESCO laboratory, Vesima; glass furniture; Colombus International Exposition, Genoa; Galileo in Padua exhibition project, Padua; National Centre for Science and Technology, Amsterdam; Credito Industriale Sardo, Gagliari; Lingotto Factory Renovation, Turin; Automobiles in Milan exhibition, Milan; Beyeler Foundation Museum, near Basle; Padro Pio Pilgrimage Church, San Giovanni Rotondo; Jean-Marie Tijbaou Cultural Centre, Noumea; Potsdamer Platz, Berlin; Kansai International airport, Osaka.

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'Buchanan provides so much information and insight on his subject that this book seems unique.' (Architectural Record)

"""Buchanan provides so much information and insight on his subject that this book seems unique.""—Architectural Record"

Author Information

Peter Buchanan was formerly Deputy Editor of Architectural Review and is now a freelance writer, lecturer and critic as well as an architect.

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