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| Born | September 14, 1937 |
| Hometown | Genoa, Italy |
| Net worth | $20 million |
| Children | Carlo Piano , Lia Piano , Giorgio Piano , Matteo Piano |
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The World’s Most Famous Architect Designed LA’s Newest Hotel
- Courtesy of Conrad Los AngelesThe world is full of starchitects like Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Jeanne Gang, David Adjaye–even the ghost of Zaha Hadid is still going strong. But the most famous, the one most likely to be found in the upper parts of lists about the greatest of all time is 93-year-old Frank Gehry.While his buildings around the globe are renowned, the Canada-born architect first broke through in his adopted home of California. Our latest selection for Room Key takes us to his latest
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Step inside GES-2, the world’s most beautiful fun palace
The grand opening of the spanking new GES-2 arts centre in Moscow last week was in many ways like the grand opening of a new “iconic” arts centre anywhere in the world. The art on display in the new spaces was totally international, the language used by the curators to describe it was the same peculiar contemporary art-speak you could hear from Beijing to Basel (I actually heard the word “post-ironic” uttered, without a trace of irony). The same champagne flowed, the same beautiful people greete
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The architect behind the Academy Museum says his design is no 'Death Star'
The Pritzker Prize-winning Italian architect says that L.A.'s new film museum responds to the evolving city
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Reels, Rosebud and R2-D2: The academy museum is set to roll
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has wanted to open a museum dedicated to films and filmmaking for nearly as long as its members have been making movies with sound and handing out Oscars. “Finally, at last, boy howdy hey, welcome to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures," Tom Hanks said at a media preview last week. Hanks, a member of the board of directors, led the fundraising for the $388 million project along with fellow actor Annette Bening and Walt Disney Executive Chairman
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Tom Hanks-approved and not hiding from history: Academy Museum finally rolls out the red carpet
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is being celebrated as a true home for movie history. Just don't call its "Star Wars"-like globe a "Death Star."
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Feedback: What Debbie Reynolds knew before the Academy Museum
Readers raise eyebrows over Renzo Piano's Academy Museum glass sphere and respond to Times coverage of Emmy winners' race and age.
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Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, Anna Kendrick and More Unveil the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was unveiled on Monday ahead of its grand opening to the public on Sept. 30
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New photos from the Academy Museum's galleries, from 'Oz' to 'Midsommar'
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures held a press conference on Tuesday and media toured the finished galleries.
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“The World’s Largest Magic Lantern”: Tom Hanks, Anna Kendrick & More Tout Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures And Its Long-Awaited Opening
Many a metaphor was floated on Tuesday morning as Tom Hanks, Anna Kendrick and others gathered to celebrate the long-awaited September 30 opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. To architect Renzo Piano, the museum is not the “Death Star” of Star Wars lore, but a “soap bubble” or “a dirigible”—”a flying vessel ready […]
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The Academy Museum Hailed as ‘Instant Landmark’ on Opening Day by President Bill Kramer
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened its doors for a preview on Tuesday ahead of its Sept. 30 public opening, allowing media to take a tour of all of its exhibitions for the first time. Located on the LACMA campus on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, the museum occupies the moderne-style former May Co. […]
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Renzo's Revenge: The new Academy Museum has landed — and it's out of this world
Renzo Piano never implemented his full LACMA plan. His Academy Museum gave him another shot at remaking a corner of L.A. Our review.
