Renzo Piano Building Workshop Complete Works

Renzo Piano - winner of the Pritzker Prize, 1998 - is an architect whose workeems increasingly relevant to our times. as Peter Buchanan has shown in theirst three volumes of Piano's complete works, he follows no fashions of formr theory, nor is he limited to a personal idiom. Instead he concerns himselfith the specifics and potential of a particular situation and moment,eeting the challenges of the programme, pushing the limits of technology,ut always responding sensitively to the topography or urban fabric of theuilding's site.;This fourth volume on Renzo Piano provides a study of therchitect's working method, in particular his regard for context, Peteruchanan's introductory essay is followed by a presentation of his projectsrom 1989 to 2000 - which range from urban works such as the Postdamer Platzasterplan, a science museum in Amsterdam and high-rise towers in Rotterdamnd Sydney, to the acclaimed Beyeler Foundation and the Jean Marie Tjibaouultural Centre in New Caledonia. all projects are illustratedomprehensively, featuring colour photography o f the buildings, theirBuchanan, Peter is the author of 'Renzo Piano Building Workshop Complete Works', published 2003 under ISBN 9780714842875 and ISBN 0714842877.