Renzo Piano

the most spectacular buildings that were never built

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Did you know that if everything had gone differently, the Center Pompidou could have been an egg? In the 1969 Paris art center competition – ultimately won by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano with their inside-out symphony of pipework – a radical French architect named André Bruyère submitted a proposal for a gigantic egg-shaped tower. … Read more

Why Turin is Italy’s most underrated destination for a cultural getaway

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The Lingotto Building is ‘one of the most remarkable constructions of the 20th century’ – Alamy Standing on the roof of the Lingotto building in Turin in November, with the wind blowing down from the distant Alps, is a somewhat bracing experience. But I still enjoyed the view of both the city and the snow-capped … Read more