Author: Jodidio, Philip
Title: Piano: Renzo Piano Building Worshop, 1966 - Today
Description: Hong Kong, Taschen, 2008. Hardcover. Black casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in white letters down a multi-colored spine. The free and pasted end pages are black. Pages: (5), 6-528. Profusely illustrated with color images. "The array of buildings by Renzo Piano is staggering in scope and comprehensive in the diversity of scale, material, and form. This monograph, illustrated by photographs, sketches, and plans, covers Piano's career. It provides sneak peeks at Piano's projects, including the New York Times Tower, a 52-story skyscraper to be built in Times Square." Contents are as follows: The poetry of flight -- Prehistory: early works, 1966-1970 -- Centre Georges Pompidou -- UNESCO Urban Reconstruction Workshop -- Alexander Calder retrospective exhibition -- Menil Collection -- IBM Travelling Pavilion -- Musical space of the opera "Prometeo" -- Redevelopment of the old harbor of Genoa -- Lingotto factory conversion -- San Nicola Stadium -- Kansai Internationa Airport Terminal -- Punta Nave Renzo Piano Building Workshop -- Banca Popolare di Lodi -- Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center -- Posdamer Platz reconstruction -- Beyeler Foundation -- Niccolò Paganini Auditorium -- Maison Hermès -- Parco della Musica -- Aurora Place high-rise offices and apartment block -- The Nasher Sculpture Center -- Padre Pio Pilgramage Church -- Kirribilli -- Zentrum Paul Klee -- High Museum of Art expansion -- The Morgan Library renovation and expansion -- The New York Times Building -- New projects : Chicago Art Institute expansion ; The London Bridge Tower ; California Academy of Sciences renovation and expansion. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker on mylar jacket at the base of the spine. Stamp on top text block. Stamp on front free end page. Stamp, sticker, and due date card on back pasted end page.

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