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- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures achieves LEED Gold certification Thu, 12 Nov 20, 2:30amThe nation’s first large-scale museum devoted entirely to filmmaking has earned LEED Gold certification months before its slated opening date in April 2021...
- Renzo Piano-designed condo to become first high-end residential Zero Waste Building in NYC Tue, 3 Jul 18, 4:00amPritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano’s first residential building at 565 Broome Soho is nearing completion in New York City—and it’s expected to become the city’s first high-end residential Zero Waste Building...
- Renzo Piano reveals designs for Toronto courthouse targeting LEED Silver Fri, 2 Mar 18, 10:00pmRenzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) teamed up with NORR Architects & Engineers to design the new Toronto Courthouse, located just northwest of Toronto City Hall...
- Renzo Piano embeds modern art gallery with 'winged' roof into French vineyard Tue, 15 Aug 17, 4:58amArchitecture firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop unveiled their latest masterpiece: the sunken Château La Coste Art Gallery in Aix-en-Provence, France...
- Plush green-roofed cultural center replaces 2004 Olympic Games facilities in Athens Sat, 2 Jul 16, 12:22amThe Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center looks like an artificial hill that rises towards the south part of the site to a maximum height of 32 meters (104 feet), offering great views of the sea and the bay of Kallithea...
- London to get another Renzo Piano-designed tower at Paddington Station Sat, 24 Oct 15, 5:30amLondon could become home to another skyscraper by Renzo Piano, the architect behind The Shard. The 224-meter high cylindrical tower will be located at Paddington Station, where developer Sellar Property Group decided to redevelop...
- Renzo Piano to convert a Moscow power station into a solar-powered arts center Sat, 17 Oct 15, 2:10amThe two-hectare redevelopment site is located on the Moskva River in the city’s Red October district and will focus on the now-defunct GES2 energy power station that was built in the early 1900s...
- Lundberg Design’s Moss Room Adds a Dramatic Breath of Fresh Air to the California Academy of Sciences Thu, 17 Jul 14, 11:00pmWhen Lundberg Design was hired to create the restaurant design, the biggest challenge they faced was figuring out how to attract people from the natural-history museum's exciting exhibitions above down to a quiet and window-less...
- Renzo Piano’s Bulbous Pathé Foundation Headquarters Nears Completion in Paris Thu, 5 Jun 14, 11:00pmIn celebration of Pathé's film heritage, the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé's new headquarters is located at the same spot where one of Paris' first cinemas in the mid-1900s once stood...
- Design Flaw at Renzo Piano’s The Shard Gives Guests Embarrassing Views Tue, 13 May 14, 5:30amRenzo Piano’s The Shard in London is giving guests more than they bargained for. Because of a design flaw in the glassy skyscraper, guests at the Shangri-La Hotel have been able to see the reflection of private spaces in...
- 3M futureLAB Students Build Tiny 3D Printed Mobile House for Millennials Mon, 7 Apr 14, 11:00pm3M futureLAB is a UCLA Architecture and Urban Design traveling studio based in Munich, Germany. Last year, the graduate students of 3M teamed up with other students from Germany and England to explore the topic of Small Transportable...
- Renzo Piano to Design Residential Tower Next to London’s Shard Building Fri, 17 Jan 14, 6:30amLondon’s controversial Shard building will soon be joined by a 27-storey residential tower also funded by investors from Qatar. Not surprisingly, Italian starchitect Renzo Piano has been picked to design the new tower,...
- Renzo Piano Completes Energy-Efficient Kimbell Art Museum Expansion in Fort Worth Thu, 28 Nov 13, 1:00amThe new colonnaded pavilion echoes pieces of Kahn's design in its height, scale and layout as well as in its heavy focus on a glass, concrete and wood palette...
- Blossoming Surya Sculpture Could Shield Dallas Building from Scorching Glare Thu, 14 Nov 13, 2:37amSince the 42-story Museum Tower has opened in 2011, the glare from its highly reflexive façade has been forcing people working in the adjacent Renzo Piano-designed Nasher Sculpture Center to endure extremely high temperatures...
- Renzo Piano’s Dragonfly-Inspired Turbine Can Harvest Energy from the Slowest Winds Sat, 26 Oct 13, 3:41amAs we shift away from fossil fuels, many utilities have focused on building the biggest and most powerful wind turbines possible to meet growing energy needs...