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noa, Italy

rize, AIA Gold Medal, Kyoto Prize and the Sonni

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 TRAINING
Politecnico, where he taught until 1968
pany
Louis I. Kahn in Philadelphia and ZS. Makowski

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 PARTNERSHIP RICHARD ROGERS
ect Richard Rogers.
intly designed many important buildings in Ita

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such issues as people in power , time , schedule , and tech
r disciplines such as science , technology , sociology , and
y buildings should become a focus for social encounters, offer
s-architects, engineers, and maquette-makers-to create a "real

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ntre Pompidou, Paris (with Richard Rogers)
n Nicola Stadium, Bari, Italy
CAM Extension, Institute for Acoustic Research
nzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, Italy
lumbus International Exposition, Genoa, Italy
ngotto Factory Conversion, Turin, Italy
nsai Airport Terminal, Osaka, Japan

3 5 6
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ollection Museum, Houston, Texas
s Center and Offices, Lyon, France
ruction of the Atelier Brancusi, Paris 2
Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledonia
k Times Building
nia Academy of Sciences

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R E N Z O P I A N O : CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU
Type: Culture
and
Leisure
Architectu Postmodern
ral style: / High-Tech
Structural Steel
system: superstruc
ture with
reinforced
concrete
floors
Location; Paris,
Completed: France
1971 -
1977
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he exterior of the building, Centre Pompidou

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ional structural elements of the building were
e plumbing,
for climate control,
cal wires are encased in,
elements and devices for safety (e.g , Fire ex

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 SITE PLAN

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 PLAN AND SECTIO

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 ELEVATION

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 ELEVATION

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 DETAIL

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 DETAIL

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R E N Z O P I A N O : CALIFORNIA ACADEMY
e of his designs in respect to their final outcome. Ambivale

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endangered species like the San Bruno butterfly.
t.
ntilation. A glass lobby and open exhibit rooms offer the swe
y about a third. Masterpiece of green design that displays na
anted with more than 1.7 million plants from nine different n

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y.
on space, is naturally ventilated.

porates 60 , 000 photovoltaic ( PV ) cells, expected to gener

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 PLAN : BASEM

AQUARIUM

RESTAURENT
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: LEVEL 1
WEST PAVILLION
EXIBITION HALL
CAFE
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RAIN FOREST
FRONT ENTRANCE
SWAMP PIAZZA MAIN LOBBY
PLANETARIUM
AFRICAN HALL
EAST PAVILLION
BOARD ROOM

EXIBITION HALL
 PLAN : LEVEL

FORUM
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 INTERIOR VIE

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RENZO PIANO: PARCO DELLA MUSICA
torium complex dedicated to music performance

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oxes” that float over the sea of vegetatio
ldings that becomes the fourth and the open

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 PLAN & SE
1 . Symphony hall
2 . Medium size hall
3 . Small hall
4 . Archeological zone
5 . Amphithatre
6 . Patio
7.

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 LONGITUDINAL S

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R E N Z O P I A N O : IBM PAVILLION
R E N Z O P I A N O : SAN NICOLA STADIUM, BARI, ITALY
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RENZO PIANO: REDEVELOPMENT OF GENOA OLD HARBO
N Z O P I A N O : Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledo