Piano — Philip Jodidio

While some architects have a signature style Renzo Piano seeks to apply coherent ideas to extraordinarily different projects His buildings impress as much for their individual impact as for their diversity of scale material and form Piano rose to international prominence with his codesign of the Pompidou Center in Paris described by The New York Times as a building that turned the architecture world upside down Since then he has continued to craft many high profile cultural spaces including the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago the Morgan Library Renovation and Expansion in New York and most recently the Whitney Museum of American Art an asymmetric nine story structure in Manhattan s Meatpacking District with both indoor and outdoor galleries In New York and London the Renzo touch has also transformed the skyline with the towers of the New York Times Building and the Shard the tallest building in the European Union This essential introduction travels from Osaka Japan to Bern Switzerland and through many cities structures and islands in between to explore the staggering scope of the Renzo Piano repertoire From the inside out Pompidou to the airy shells of the Tjibaou Cultural Center in Nouméa New Caledonia this is a thrilling journey through the beauty of architecture where in Piano s own words each time it is like life starting all over again About the series Born back in 1985 the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best selling art book collection ever published Each book in TASCHEN s Basic Architecture series features an introduction to the life and work of the architect the major works in chronological order information about the clients architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings approximately 120 illustrations photographs sketches drafts and plans Tanıtım Bülteninden