Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Complete Works Volume 2
Volume 2 of the complete works of Renzo Piano.
Peter Buchanan
- The second volume of the complete works of Renzo Piano (b.1937), one of the most acclaimed architects of his generation
- A detailed presentation of all buildings and projects from 1987 to 1993, many of them located in and around Piano's home town of Genoa
- Includes an interview with Piano discussing the development of his practice, his attitude towards technology and the continuing evolution of what Buchanan has called 'a natural architecture'
Paperback
250 x 290 mm, 9 7/8 x 11 3/8 in
240 pp
592 colour illustrations
115 black and white illustrations
224 line drawings
ISBN 9780714838991
0714838993
This is the second of five authoritative and stylish volumes on one of the world's greatest contemporary architects, written by one of today's most important critics. This tome on Renzo Piano (b.1937) provides an enlightening study of his underlying approach to architecture and how this influences his technique, followed by a detailed presentation of the range of his buildings and projects from the period 1987 to 1993.
In an interview recorded especially for this book, Piano talks about his early career as a designer, his attitude towards technology and his continuing evolution of what Peter Buchanan has called a natural architecture. Many of the completed buildings featured in this volume are located in and around Piano's home town of Genoa: from the soaring structures associated with the 1992 Expo in the old docks, to the ground-hugging form of his own laboratory-workshop in Vesima.
Peter Buchanan was formerly Deputy Editor of Architectural Review and is now a freelance writer, lecturer and critic as well as an architect.
'Buchanan provides so much information and insight on his subject that this book seems unique.' (Architectural Record)