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Because only a third of the interior is above ground, the museum will see greatly reduced demands for heating and cooling ... Building green is good morally. It’s a kind of duty; it’s also poetically good.
We are proud to support the Academy in its efforts to preserve and celebrate motion pictures ... The Pirelli brand is founded on excellence in design and innovation and to able join the journey that Renzo Piano so eloquently describes that he envisions for the facility is an honor. Partnering with the Academy is an opportunity that we look forward to being part of as we look to grow our footprint in North America.More quotes »
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Diogene
is a stunning cabin by Renzo Piano. It is Vitra’s smallest building ― but largest product. is not meant as an emergency accommodation, but a voluntary place of retreat. Simply wonderful and yes, luxurious. Your email is never published nor shared. Requir 33 m ago from Swiss Miss Read more »
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Top spots in Europe for 2013
The birthplace of port, Porto is surrounded by the vineyards that produce its signature drink. Budapest offers a funky indoor-outdoor bar scene, a return to traditional Hungarian dining and centuries of amazing architecture. The Cinque Terre are the five 6/18/13 from CNN Read more »
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Renzo Piano Masterpieces at Gagosian
Light and its effect on built space is among the inspirations of Renzo Piano, the famed Italian architect whose work is the subject of an exhibition, "Fragments," opening June 27 at Gagosian Gallery. And the show—described as a "building workshop"—is as from Gotham Magazine Read more »
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Renzo Piano gets small
Tiny houses are a big thing these days, and most of them are decidedly low tech. Now seriously high-tech architect Renzo Piano, known for big things like the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Shard in London, tries his hand at tiny with Diogene, which Dom from Treehugger Read more »
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Renzo Piano’s Tiny Diogene Hut is an Off-Grid Shelter for One Person
Italian architect Renzo Piano's new Diogene cabin is so small that has just enough space to house the bare essentials for one person to live and sleep. So it's fitting that it's named after Diogenes of Sinope, an ascetic Greek philosopher who notoriously from Inhabitat Read more »
