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Renzo Piano's top 5 designs

Updated: Jul 20, 2020


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Top of his most recognised buildings are listed below:


No.3: New York Times Building ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ



FACTS ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“Š


  • Owner: The New York Times

  • Height: 1,046ย ft (318.8ย m)

  • Cost: $850 million ๐Ÿ’ฐ

  • Location: 620 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York 10018

  • Structural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti



No2: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท


FACTS ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“Š


  • Type: Cultural Center

  • Website: http://www.snfcc.org/

  • Cost: โ‚ฌ566 million

  • Capacity: 1,400-seat opera auditorium and a 400-seat black box theatre.



No1: The Shard, London ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
































FACTS ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“Š


  • Cost: ยฃ435 million

  • Height: 310ย m (1,017ย ft)

  • Structural engineer: WSP Global

  • Lifts/elevators: 36

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