 |birth_place=Genoa |death_date= |death_place= |practice= |significant_buildings=Centre Georges PompidouParco della MusicaShard London Bridge |significant_projects= |awards=Pritzker Architecture Prize AIA Gold Medal Sonning Prize }} Nemo Science Centre in Amsterdam. The shape reflects the tunnel entrance it is built on The Living Roof of the California Academy of Sciences, a museum and research facility in San Francisco, California Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan (1991–1994)  '''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. One admirer said the &quot;serenity of his best buildings can almost make you believe that we live in a civilized world&quot;.  ==Biography== Piano was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1937 and maintains a home and office (Building Workshop) in the area. He was educated and subsequently taught at the Politecnico di Milano. He graduated from the University in 1964 and began working with experimental lightweight structures and basic shelters. From 1965 to 1970 he worked with Louis Kahn and with Makowsky. He worked together with Richard Rogers from 1971 to 1978; their most famous joint project is the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1977). He also had a long collaboration with the engineer Peter Rice.   In 1981, Piano founded the &quot;Renzo Piano Building Workshop&quot;, employing a hundred people with offices in Paris, Genoa, and New York.  On 18 March 2008, he became an honorary citizen of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[ Renzo Piano počasni građanin Sarajeva]  Piano's recent expansion of the Art Institute of Chicago includes a  wing with  of gallery space called the Modern Wing, which opened on 16 May 2009. It includes a &quot;flying carpet&quot;, a sunscreen that hovers above the roof and a  steel bridge connecting Millennium Park to a sculpture terrace that leads into a restaurant on the wing’s third floor.Barliant, Claire. &quot;[ Museum Memory].&quot; Modern Painters, April 2009.  ==Select projects== ===Current=== * Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Tjuvholmen, Oslo, Norway (2002-) Arkiteknytt Article. &quot;[ &quot;Verdens vakreste museum&quot;]&quot;, Mars 2009  * Centro Botín de la Cultura, Santander (2011-) * City Gate, Royal Opera House, Parliament of Malta, and Freedom Square,  Valletta, Malta (2009/10-) * Columbia University Manhattanville Campus Master Plan and Jerome L. Greene Science Center, New York City, New York (2004-) * Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2009-) * Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts (2005-) * Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2003-) * Michelin area Re-development, Trento, Italy (2002-) * Renzo Piano Tower I &amp; II, San Francisco, California (2006-) * Sesto San Giovanni Masterplan, Milan, Italy (2004-) * Shard London Bridge, London * Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens (2009-) * Trans National Place, Boston, Massachusetts (2006-) * Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York (2005-)  ===Completed===  * Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, expansion project (2009) * Nichols Bridgeway, Chicago, Illinois (2009) * California Academy of Sciences rebuilding, San Francisco, California (2008) * Vulcano Buono shopping mall, Nola, Italy (2007)([ Video]) * The New York Times Building on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City (2003–2007) * Rocca di Frassinello Winery, Gavorrano, Italy (2002–2007) * Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland (2006) * Morgan Library Expansion, New York, New York (2003–2006) * Cité Internationale, Lyon, France (1995–2006) * Weltstadthaus on Schildergasse, Cologne, Germany (2005)  * High Museum of Art Expansion, Atlanta, Georgia (2005) * Il Sole 24 Ore Headquarters, Milan, Italy (1998-2004) * Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas (opened 2003) * Parco della Musica auditorium, Rome, Italy (2002) ([ Video]) * Maison Hermès, Tokyo (2001) * Auditorium Paganini, Parma, Italy (2001) * Aurora Place, Sydney, Australia (1996–2000) * Swatch 'Jelly Piano' wristwatch, 1999 Summer Collection model. &quot;My most proud work&quot; (Piano, 2001) * Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Nouméa, New Caledonia (1991–98) * Ushibuka Haiya Bridge, Amakusa, Kumamoto, Japan (1991-1997) * Beyeler Foundation Museum, Basel, Switzerland (1997) * NEMO science museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1997) * Cy Twombly Gallery, Houston, Texas (1995) * International Terminal, Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan (1991–1994) * Menil Collection, Houston, Texas (opened 1987) * Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy (1988–1989) * Banca CIS building, Cagliari, Sardinia (1985) * IBM Travelling Pavilion * IRCAM &amp; the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (1971–1977)  