~RENZO PIANO

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PHOTO: RICHARD DREW/NEW YORK TIMES/TIMES TOPICS/ON-LINE

. . . if you’re inspired to want to spend some time researching – RENZO PIANO, who is quite quite famous,
with CENTRE POMPIDOU to his credit, among many others,
this is a good place to start: NEW YORK TIMES/TIMES TOPICS/RENZO PIANO

. . . where you can find a link to his official website !!
if, you want to see what a totally – PRO – exceptional – website, looks like,
check this out: the RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP (RPBW) – OFFICIAL WEBSITE !!

RENZO PIANO was born in 1937 – that makes him to be 40 when he collaborated with RICHARD ROGERS on the visionary CENTRE POMPIDOU, in PARIS, 1977.
(and 71 now, and having just completed, the SAN FRANCISCO ACADEMY OF THE SCIENCES – one of the most beautiful buildings of the, what – would decade, be the best word here ?

see: more on CENTRE POMPIDOU

see: CENTRE POMPIDOU on a YouTube tour !!

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CENTRE POMPIDOU PHOTOS/COURTESY: YouTube/ARCHITECTURE ! RENZO PIANO/CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU



~RENZO PIANO | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | September 30th, 2008, 5:19pm