Blog - Renzo Piano Designs Kimball Art Museum Expansion

2008-11-19 14:00:32

The Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas just released their plans for expansion as designed by Italian architect, Renzo Piano.
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Renzo Piano is very well known for his museum work namely the Pompidou in Paris, France and more as outlined in this article from Dallas News.com:Mr. Piano, designer of Dallas' 5-year-old Nasher Sculpture Center, has become one of the world's prime go-to architects for museums. His Italian firm, Renzo Piano Design Workshop, also was responsible for the Menil Collection and Cy Twombly Museum in Houston and expansions of the Morgan Library in New York City and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. A new Piano-designed modern wing for the Art Institute of Chicago is to open in May. Ovation TV is airing a special biopic including interviews with the famous architect in the program Renzo Piano: Piece by Piece (click for schedule).| Views: 6 Votes: 0 Rating: 0.0

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