Renzo Piano

Piano was born in genoa, Italy, in 1937 and maintains a home and office (Building Workshop) in the area. He was educated and subsequently taught at the politenico di milano. He graduated from the University in 1964 and began working with experimental lightweight structures and basic shelters.Louis Kahn and with Makowsky. He worked together with Richard Rogers from 1971 to 1978; their most famous joint project is the Centre Georges Pompidou in ParisPeter Rice. From 1965 to 1970 he worked with (1977). He also had a long collaboration with the engineer

In 1981, Piano founded the "Renzo Piano Building Workshop", employing a hundred people with offices in Paris, Genoa, and New York.

On 18 March 2008, he became an honorary citizen of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Shard 

Shard London Bridge, previously known as London Bridge Tower, and also known as the Shard of Glass, 32 London Bridge and The Shard, is a skyscraper under construction in Southwark, London. When completed in 2012, it will be the tallest building in the European UnionEmley Moor transmitting station. and the 45th tallest building in the world. It is the second tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom after the 1,084 ft (330.4m)
The tower will stand 1,017 ft (310 m) tall and have 72 floors, plus 15 further radiator floors in the roof. The building has been designed with an irregular triangular shape from the base to the top. It will be clad entirely in glass. The viewing gallery and open-air observation deck will be on the top (72nd) floor.
The building replaces Southwark Towers, a 24-storey office building of 1976. Renzo Piano, the building's architect, worked together with architectural firm Broadway Malyan during the planning stage of the project.

Zentrum Paul Klee

The Zentrum Paul Klee is a museum dedicated to the artist Paul Klee, located in Bern, SwitzerlandRenzo Piano. It features about 40 percent of Paul Klee’s entire pictorial oeuvre and designed by the Italian architect

 Kansai Airport

When Renzo Piano first visited the site for the new Kansai airport, he had to travel by boat from Osaka harbor. There was no land to build on. Instead, the airport was constructed on an artificial island resting on piles.
Inspired by this challenge, Piano drew sketches of a large glider landing on the proposed island. He then modeled his plan for the airport after the shape of an airplane with corridors stretching out like wings from a main hall.

 Tjibaou Cultural center

The French government wanted to build a center in this Pacific Island colony to honor the culture of the Kanak peoples. Renzo Piano's design called for ten cone-shaped wooden huts grouped among the pine trees.
Critics praise the center for drawing on ancient building customs without creating overly romanticized imitations of native architecture. The tall wooden structures that Renzo Piano designed are both traditional and contemporary. Adjustable skylights on the roofs allow for natural climate control and the soothing sounds of Pacific breezes.
The center is named after Jean-Marie Tjibaou, an important political leader in New Caledonia who was assassinated in 1989.

 Academy of Sciences
 
 The new California Academy of Sciences is a masterpiece of green design that displays nature and is also part of nature. Renzo Piano gave the museum a roof made of rolling earth planted with more than 1.7 million plants from nine different native species. The green roof provides a natural habitat for wildlife and endangered species like the San Bruno butterfly.
Below the earthen mounds is a 4 story re-created rain forest. Motorized porthole windows in the roof provide light and ventilation. A glass lobby and open exhibit rooms offer the sweeping natural views.
Renzo Piano's green roof cuts the building's energy needs by about a third.