Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Complete Works Volume 2 (Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Paperback)) - Softcover

Buchanan, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714838993 ISBN 13: 9780714838991

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1999

Synopsis

This second volume on Renzo Piano provides a study of the architect's working method, followed by a presentation of his building projects from 1987-1993. In an interview with the author, Piano discusses his early career, his attitude toward technology and his continuing evolution of what the author has termed a natural architecture. Many of the completed buildings featured in the book are located in and around Piano's home town of Genoa, from the structures associated with the 1992 Expo in the old docks to the ground-hugging form of his own laboratory in Vesima.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This third volume closes poignantly with the completion of Piano's most monumental and extraordinary work, Kansai Airport. An introductory essay, "From Pompidou to Kansai", reviews the full scope of his career. The most recent Renzo Piano Building Workshop projects are also included. These are described and illustrated with photographs and drawings which chart their development through design and construction stages, to completion. The last section of the book is dedicated exclusively to Kansai, describing the background to its design and construction, as well as a "walkthrough" that enables the reader to experience the building in a direct way.

About the Author:

PETER BUCHANAN is a writer and critic who has served as deputy editor of the Architectural Review for nearly a decade.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0714838993
• ISBN 13: 9780714838991
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240