Piano’s Whitney Neighborhood, New York City

520 West 28 Street New York City building

“If, in all the different action movies, there was an architect superhero – first of all, he would do the things that Renzo Piano does. Second of all, his name would inevitably be Renzo Piano” remarked Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor at the opening of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Pompidou Centre in Malaga

Pompidou Centre in Malaga

Design: Javier Perez de la Fuente and Juan Antonio Marin Malavé: since this spring, Malaga has hosted the first “Provisional Pompidou Center” in the world in which you will see a hundred works on loan and several temporary exhibitions from the Pompidou Center in Paris.

V-A-C Contemporary Arts & Culture Centre

V-A-C Contemporary Arts and Culture Centre

Renzo Piano Building Workshop to redesign 2 hectares of the city, converting a historic power station, situated on the banks of the Moskva river, into a new venue for contemporary arts and culture.

The Europe–Far East Gallery in Krakow

The Europe-Far East Gallery

Design: Ingarden & Ewy Architects. The year 2015 marks twenty-eight years since the publication of Tygodnik Powszechny magazine’s interview in which Andrzej Wajda announced his intention to create a Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków.

Whitworth Art Gallery Reopening, Manchester

The Whitworth

Design: MUMA. Extension to the 19th century Whitworth Gallery,part of The University of Manchester – carefully crafted spaces emerge seamlessly from the existing as an integral yet individualistic part of the whole assembly

Vancouver Art Gallery Museum Building, BC

Vancouver Art Gallery Museum Building, BC

Design: Herzog & de Meuron – The Vancouver Art Gallery unveil Herzog & de Meuron’s conceptual design for a new museum building in downtown Vancouver.

Museum of Modern Art Berlin Design Contest

Neue National Galerie Berlin

This design contest seeks ideas for a new 14,700m² standalone structure within the German capital’s Kulturforum district. Planned to complete in 2021, the £80m gallery will be located adjacent to Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie and Hans Scharoun’s Berliner Philharmonie.

Aberdeen Art Gallery renewal news

Aberdeen Art Gallery building

Design: Hoskins Architects
The Aberdeen Art Gallery redevelopment project has been created by award-winning architects from Glasgow. This building has a beautiful, light interior.

Special Wooden Floors for the Whitney

Special Wooden Floors for the Whitney, New York Building, Architecture, Architect, News Special Wooden Floors for the Whitney Gallery in Manhattan, NYC, USA – article: Joel Solkoff, PA, USA 9 Jul 2015 Special Wooden Floors for the Whitney in New York Article by Joel Solkoff, PA, USA Joel’s Column Vol. III, Number 4 Photograph of Renzo … Read more

Renzo Piano’s Whitney New York Building

The Significance of Piano’s Whitney, New York Building

The first Piano Whitney column describes what museum goers at the fashionable eight floor of the Piano Whitney see when they look south toward New York harbor and beyond. It would take 15 minutes by boat to reach the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.