Renzo Piano

Born

1937-09-14

Birthplace

Genova, Italy

Biography

Renzo Piano, born 14 September 1937 in Genova, is an Italian architect. His most famous buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015) and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016). He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998.