website: www.rpbw.com
awards: 1989 Royal Gold Medal, 1998 Pritzker Prize, 2008 AIA, AIA, Pritzker Prize, Royal Gold Medal
Renzo Piano (born 14 September 1937) is a world renowned Italian architect and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, Kyoto Prize and the Sonning Prize. He is generally regarded as the "world's new best friend." One admirer said the "serenity of his best buildings can almost make you believe that we live in a civilized world"
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