Renzo Piano Roof Top

Italian architect renzo piano gave the museum a roof made of rolling earth planted with more than 1 7 million plants from nine different native species.

Renzo piano roof top.

It s been reported that during his initial meeting with the developer piano expressed his strong distaste for most tall buildings and then quickly sketched his idea for the shard s spire shaped design on a restaurant napkin. Related story renzo piano is the. Renzo piano merged architecture with nature when he designed a green roof for the california academy of sciences building in golden gate park in san francisco. The goal as he described it was to lift up a piece of the park and put a building under to blend seamlessly into golden gate s natural setting.

Another one of renzo piano s most famous modern works the shard has become a fixture of the london skyline. Architect renzo piano s vision for the academy is perhaps most perfectly expressed by the living roof. Courtesy rpbw clerestory section detail at glass roof of the new renzo piano pavilion at the kimbell art museum on the underside of the skylight glass which has a white interlayer with an acid etch on the inside surface for a more matte finish a scrim further assists in diffusing the light. Since its completion in 2012 the shard has stood as the tallest building in the united kingdom with its white glass design dramatically changing colors.