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Renzo Piano

The Shard, London 2000-12

RA Exhibitions

6 years ago

Renzo Piano: 8 buildings to know

With an RA exhibition profiling the work of Renzo Piano, we introduce eight of the architect’s landmark projects, from New York’s Whitney Museum to London’s iconic Shard.
, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1971–77

RA Exhibitions

6 years ago

Renzo Piano: “my buildings are explorations”

He gave us the Shard in London, and in Paris the Centre Pompidou. On the eve of his first exhibition in the capital for 30 years, Renzo Piano meets Jonathan Glancey and reflects on a life of making buildings.
Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano at The Pompidou Centre in 1987

Artists

7 years ago

Richard Rogers on working with Renzo Piano: “His poet’s soul brought us through”

As Renzo Piano celebrates his 80th birthday, close friend and fellow Academician Richard Rogers looks back at what it was like to work together on one of the 20th century’s most iconic buildings – the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

RA Exhibitions

7 years ago

Introducing 2018 at the Royal Academy of Arts

Next year’s exhibitions will take us from a legendary British collection to the far seas of the South Pacific, and from centuries past to a glimpse into the future of art. The RA’s Artistic Director introduces the programme for our 250th anniversary year.
Kate Goodwin

Opinion

> 7 years ago

“Architecture impacts everyone. We need to inspire greater visual and spatial literacy for all”

Architecture is part of our culture and society, and the conversation about it should be accessible to everyone. That’s why the RA pledged to champion architecture 250 years ago, and why we’re renewing that commitment now, says Head of Architecture Kate Goodwin.