Renzo Piano

NY Times Building Climbing Deterrent

Archinect (Free subscription) | yesterday

Renzo Piano is looking for an aesthetically pleasing way to keep people from climbing the NY Times Building. NYT

Architect Supports Changes to Times Tower

DATA news (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

Renzo Piano said he supported plans by officials of The New York Times to alter the facade of the newspaper’s year-old building, which he designed, to prevent people from scaling the tower.

#11968 - A wind tunnel by Renzo Piano, assembly lines by...

NOTCOT.ORG (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

A wind tunnel by Renzo Piano, assembly lines by Jean Nouvel, and a restaurant by MDN (Marco Visconti & Partners) - Ferrari has invested more than €200,000,000 since 1997 for the renovation of their facilities in Maranello, Italy.

#11952 - Tinker Hatfield, Nike's Architect. great...

NOTCOT.ORG (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

Tinker Hatfield, Nike's Architect. great interview that explains Renzo Piano's intent in designing the Pompidou Centre and direct relation to designing Nike's iconic sneaker, The Air Max [video!]

Week in Review: Renzo De-Rodded, Staten Island's Moment, Brooklyn Bowl, St. Marks Place '08, More

Curbed (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008

As this long weekend Saturday gets underway, check out a selection of some of the top stories on Curbed this week. Click the image above to view the full photogallery. 1) Midtown: Renzo Piano's New York Times Tower started to...

Renzo on Rod Removal: What does Renzo Piano think about...

Curbed (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

What does Renzo Piano think about the Times messing with the rods on the façade of his 52-story design? He's "totally in agreement" with the need to keep dumbasses from climbing up the side of the building. Also: The final...

• Architect supports changes to Times tower - International Herald Tribune

New York Times Building Architect Supports Rung Removal

Gothamist (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

Pritzker Award-winning architect Renzo Piano told the NY Times he was "totally in agreement" about the New York Times' decision to remove ceramic rods from the building's exteriors . The rods acted as rungs for three climbers to scale the building's exterior; Piano said, "I’m frankly quite worried about this new fashion of going up on buildings. This is what I call an inappropriate use of the building....

twist of fate

Architechnophilia (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

On June 2008, Alain Robert popularised as Spiderman, scaled the recently completed New York Times Building protesting amongst other things Global Warming. The 52 story tower in Manhattan by Renzo Piano and FXFOWLE , is one of the greenest buildings in the city, wrapped with a brise soleil to minimize solar gain. Ironically, the sunscreens were used by Roberts and two subsequent climbers as ladders,...

Architect Blames His Screwup On Naughty Climbers [New York Times]

Gawker (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

Renzo Piano, the much-hyped "starchitect" who designed the Times building, is very upset at the extremely naughty people who have been using his building as it just begs to be used — as an...

Architect Supports Changes to Times Tower

New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

Renzo Piano said he supported plans by officials of The New York Times to alter the facade of the newspaper’s year-old building, which he designed, to prevent people from scaling the tower.

"Rungs" Removed From Ladder-Like Times Building

Gothamist (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

Photograph, above, of the New York Times Building--as designed by Renzo Piano--by WallyG on Flickr ; below, photograph of workers removing the rods by David Dunlap/NY Times After a third person managed to scale up its ladder-like exterior, workers went to work removing a number of the horizontal "rungs" gracing the New York Times Building. The NY Times dutifully reports this decision "represented...

Macquarie Penthouse, Estate of the Day

Luxist (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

Filed under: Estates Today's home comes front the land down under. This penthouse in the heart of Sydney, Australia has views over Sydney's Botanical Gardens. The three story unit is located in the northern half of the Macquarie Apartments building designed by Renzo Piano. The modern glass and terracotta building lends itself to contemporary interior design. This apartment has an open floor plan and...

Lobby Porn: From Times to Times Square Building

Curbed (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008

[Rendering: Africa-Israel/Andres Escobar & Associates. Click to expand.] Before the paper moved to its Renzo Piano-designed skyscraper on Eighth Avenue, the New York Times called 229 West 43rd Street home for 95 years or so. When the Times moved out, the building was purchased by Lev Leviev's Africa-Israel Investments for a staggering $525 million. The company had been on a landmark buying spree, also...

Important Questions: Is Renzo Piano's Whitney MePa just...

Curbed (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008

Is Renzo Piano's Whitney MePa just a big tugboat? And if so, then why is it closed off to the river? [Bloomberg]...

Piano Designs $435 Million Tugboat for Downtown Whitney Museum

Archinect (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008

Moored to the elevated High Line train track and park, the tugboat silhouette of Renzo Piano's $435 million design for New York's new Whitney Museum looks poised to steam purposefully toward the nearby Hudson River. Bloomberg

R.O.M.A. Road to contemporary Art

teatrends | 04/01/2008

Roberto Casiraghi, the director of R.O.M.A. Road to contemporary art, wanted to respond to these requirements within this event. R.O.M.A is the first art exhibition dedicated to contemporary art organised in Rome from the 28th February to the 2nd March 2009 with the participation of more than 80 Italian and foreign galleries.