Lorenzo Ciccarelli, architect, is a researcher in the History of Architecture at the University of Florence and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Renzo Piano Foundation. In the last eight years he has been regularly consulting the archives of the Renzo Piano Foundation and the RPBW offices in Genoa and Paris, and on various occasions, interviewing Renzo Piano, his collaborators and studio Partners.
INTRODUCTION
PREHISTORY
THE POMPIDOU CENTRE: A BOLT FROM THE BLUE
THE WILDERNESS YEARS
TURNING POINT: THE MENIL COLLECTION
SCALING UP: OSAKA AND BERLIN
BUILDING AROUND AN EMPTY SPACE
PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE: RECENT ACTIVITIES
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