Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano (born 1937, Genoa) is an Italian architect renowned for combining technological innovation with human-centered design. He gained international acclaim with the Centre Pompidou in Paris (designed with Richard Rogers) and has since created iconic works like The Shard in London and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco His firm, the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, embodies a philosophy of crafting large-scale structures—airports, museums, cultural centers—that balance precision, light, sustainability, and a deeply thoughtful sense of place