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the new york times has a pretty interactive feature for you to see. some on the internet speculate that this special treatment can be categorized as nepotism, given that renzo piano designed the NYT headquarters. i think that's silly, but who knows! i don't like the outside but i'm going to withhold judgment until i've visited. #breuer4lyfe

renzo piano gives a good interview about architecture and responding to criticism

in metropolis

PC: Some people have said that the northern façade is not looking as exciting at it could be, that it does not make a enough of a gesture towards the city. How do you respond to that?

RP: First, we have to wait and see, the building is not ready yet, of course. A building like this is like a meteorite, but a gentle one. It does not destroy anything—actually it uplifts. But it lands, and it is something new there. People should wait for the building to be finished and see.

i want to go to there

Das Racist is playing at Piano's October 19th and 20th. Who's in?

nErD aLeRt!

apparently construction has started in london on this new project by renzo piano called the shard.

im surprised by how unappealing, and unnecessary this project seems to be. renzo is a master architect and craftsman, but this building is just not beautiful.

nErD aLeRt!

The new $294 million Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, which opens on Saturday, is the closest Renzo Piano has come in at least a decade to achieving a near-classical ideal. (nytimes)