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Renzo Piano (b.1937) is one of the world's greatest living architects. He has made his name over the last 20 years as a provocative and inventive designer, first as co-creator of the Pompidou in Paris, with Richard Rogers, and then gradually with projects as diverse as the gallery for the De Menil Collection in the United States, the Bari Sports Stadium in Italy and the Kansai Airport International Terminal in Japan. The practice of Building Workshop practice is characterized by its sensitivity to site and local tradition as well as by its combination of traditional materials and techniques with those from the cutting edge of technology. This first volume shows key buildings and projects from Piano's earlier career, as well as from the Building Workshop, to examine closely the evolution of his work. Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Complete Works, Volume 1provides an illuminating study of Piano's working method, his early mentors and his architectural development, followed by an in-depth presentation of a selection of his most significant buildings and projects. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Generally this is a solid, if not the, contribution to an understanding of Piano’s first few decades. Buchanan’s lengthy essays try to eschew the typical monograph hagiography by inserting occassional token criticisms (the Lowara Offices project are a bit “glib”; IRCAM’s corner treatment is “disturbing,” causing the overall result to be “flimsy and insubstantial.”), but the primary theme is an accepting objectivity. The projects are mostly interesting and evidence a diversity that one may forget the Workshop is capable of after visiting the umpteenth consecutive glass-with-louvers/screens/rods/thingies box. Early on Buchanan attempts to dissuade the reader of the oft-mentioned perception that Piano and Co.’s work relies on the assemblage of discrete – and pricey - components. I would agree that certain projects in this volume and later go way beyond such aggregation strategies. But seriously, much of this work is exactly that. That’s certainly fine in my book because with the right budget – say a nice Pianinan $3,000 per square foot - the whole can indeed be greater than the sum of the parts!
Warning: Kids with only $120/sf shouldn’t try this at home… ( )