Was in the library the other day and came across this article.

King of the Hill (Architecture)
Italian architect Renzo Piano is changing the face of America, one inventive building at a time
TIME architecture critic Richard Lacayo explores the buildings of the Italian architect who is changing the face of the US, one building at a time

TIME Magazine -- U.S. Edition -- Vol. 172 No. 15King of the Hill (Architecture) Italian architect Renzo Piano is changing the face of America, one inventive building at a time. Web Exclusive ...
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See the article King of the Hill on the right side near the bottom.

Theres a lot of people in my course that use him as a precedent. In particular theres been a lot of interest into his codesigning of the Pompidou Centre in France - a building which has inspired a progression of the idea of aesthetic through the externalisation of the services.

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildi..._Pompidou.html

Nice article, grazie Villa