Renzo PIANO

(1937 – 2019)

Italian architect and industrial designer who is considered a master of building technique | 1937 born in Genoa / Genova / Italy | 1964 graduates from “Polytechnic University of Milan” | 1965-68 teaches at Polytechnic University of Milan | 1965-70 works with Louis I. KAHN in Philadelphia | 1971-77 founds office with Richard ROGERS in Paris for the common project “Centre Pompidou” | 1977 collaborates with engineer Peter RICE | 1981 founds “Renzo Piano Building Workshop” | 1995 honoured by Praemium Imperiale from Japan’s imperial family | 1998 receives Pritzker Architecture Prize | 2008 becomes honorary citizen of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2013 appointed as “Senators for life in Italy” | 2019 died

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