Renzo Piano

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Senator for life Renzo Piano OMRI
Piano in 2012
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Incumbent
Life tenure 30 August 2013
Appointed by	Giorgio Napolitano
Personal details
Born	(1937-09-14) 14 September 1937 (age 87) Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University of Florence Polytechnic University of Milan
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Pritzker Architecture Prize RIBA Gold Medal Sonning Prize AIA Gold Medal Kyoto Prize
Buildings	Kansai International Airport Centre Georges Pompidou Parco della Musica Shard London Bridge The New York Times Building Whitney Museum of American Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Renzo Piano OMRI (Italian: [ˈrɛntso ˈpjaːno]; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015), İstanbul Modern in Istanbul (2022)^[1] and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016). He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998.

Piano has been a Senator for Life in the Italian Senate since 2013.