Why did Renzo Piano build the Shard?

Renzo Piano, the project’s architect, designed The Shard as a spire-like sculpture emerging from the River Thames. He was inspired by the railway lines next to the site, the London spires depicted by the 18th-century Venetian painter Canaletto, and the masts of sailing ships.

Where does Renzo Piano live now?

Paris
Projects have been developed in Turin, Milan, Padua, Venice and Rome. Piano resides in Paris with his second wife Milly and four children, Carlo, Matteo, Lia – from his first wife – and Giorgio.

Is Renzo Piano married?

Emilia Rossatom. 1992
Magda Arduinom. 1962–1989
Renzo Piano/Spouse

What age is Renzo Piano?

83 years (14 September 1937)
Renzo Piano/Age

Renzo Piano, (born September 14, 1937, Genoa, Italy), Italian architect best known for his high-tech public spaces, particularly his design (with Richard Rogers) for the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Born into a family of builders, Piano graduated from the Polytechnic in Milan in 1964.

When did Renzo Piano build the Acquario di Genova?

The 1992 Acquario di Genova is an aquarium that takes the look of a long, low dock jutting into the harbor. Both structures continue to be tourist destinations for the public visiting this historic city. The Biosfera is a Buckminster Fuller -like biosphere added to the aquarium in 2001.

Who was the winner of the Renzo Piano design competition?

The young team of British architect Richard Rogersand Italian architect Renzo Piano won the design competition — much to their own surprise. “We were attacked from all sides,” Rogers has said, “but Renzo’s deep understanding of construction and architecture, and his poet’s soul, brought us through.” Museums of the past had been elite monuments.

How big is Renzo Piano’s Amsterdam terminal building?

The terminal is about a mile long, geometrically designed to mimic an aircraft. With a roof of 82,000 identical stainless steel panels, the building is both earthquake and tsunami resistant. New Metropolis (NEMO), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Peter Thompson/Heritage Images/Getty Images (cropped)

What kind of city does Renzo Piano imagine?

When I imagine a city, I imagine it compact and dense, capable of generating intense relationships.” (Renzo Piano, 2006)