Piano's

Piano's interiors are functional, simple and appealing.

Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video) Lee Rosenbaum 2012

Piano's interiors are functional, simple and appealing.

Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video) Lee Rosenbaum 2012

There is something strangely mechanical in the way the gigantic Resnick Pavilion has been sliced into three long, narrow sections -- none of them retaining the graceful proportions of Renzo Piano's building as a whole, when it was unveiled a few months ago, before the temporary dividing walls went up.

Edward Goldman: Three Exhibitions Hardly Acknowledging Each Other Edward Goldman 2010

There is something strangely mechanical in the way the gigantic Resnick Pavilion has been sliced into three long, narrow sections -- none of them retaining the graceful proportions of Renzo Piano's building as a whole, when it was unveiled a few months ago, before the temporary dividing walls went up.

Edward Goldman: Three Exhibitions Hardly Acknowledging Each Other Edward Goldman 2010

There is something strangely mechanical in the way the gigantic Resnick Pavilion has been sliced into three long, narrow sections -- none of them retaining the graceful proportions of Renzo Piano's building as a whole, when it was unveiled a few months ago, before the temporary dividing walls went up.

Edward Goldman: Three Exhibitions Hardly Acknowledging Each Other Edward Goldman 2010

After visiting so many "destination" buildings by other architects that try to outshine their contents, I found Mr. Piano's generous reticence welcome.

Nice Wing, Pity About the Art David Littlejohn 2010

But this city is no dusty architectural archive—Frank Gehry's sinuous Millennium Park bandshell is six years young; Renzo Piano's floaty Modern Wing for the Art Institute of Chicago opened in 2009.

Chicago Jeff Chu 2011

The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia was founded by papal decree in the 16th century, and these days its orchestra and chorus perform in architect Renzo Piano's 2002 Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, where they will inaugurate their season Oct. 22 with a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8.

Packing in the Performances 2011

What makes Mr. Piano's new pavilion just north of the BCAM an obvious relation is the architect's use of fitted slabs of gray travertine for the exterior, a north-facing "sawtooth" roof (like those of old factories) configured to capture variably filtered daylight, and his attempt to jazz things up by painting attached structures a bright scarlet - orange, popularly called "Renzo red."

Nice Wing, Pity About the Art David Littlejohn 2010

There is something strangely mechanical in the way the gigantic Resnick Pavilion has been sliced into three long, narrow sections -- none of them retaining the graceful proportions of Renzo Piano's building as a whole, when it was unveiled a few months ago, before the temporary dividing walls went up.

Edward Goldman: Three Exhibitions Hardly Acknowledging Each Other Edward Goldman 2010