The Renzo Piano-designed bridge in Genova, Italy, has been officially reopened almost two years after the old structure collapsed, killing 43 people. The San Giorgio Bridge – named after Genova’s patron saint – was unveiled earlier this month in place of the Morandi Bridge, which collapsed after poor maintenance failed to identify and repair weaknesses […]
Entering a design competition is hard work, but capture the public’s imagination and you will be rewarded. Winning one can transform an emerging firm or revitalise an established practice. Competitions represent the currency of talent in architecture. We all live in a world where talent defines not just our professional successes but our competitiveness as nations. For a […]
Milanese architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled designs for a circular walkway to be built below Renzo Piano’s replacement for the collapsed Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy. Teaming up with Metrogramma and Inside Outside, the Stefano Boeri Architetti studio has designed the walkway as “a symbolic element and embodiment of the ‘urban sewing’ of the two sides of the valley”, connecting it […]
Watch Italian Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano's new building for the Whitney Museum of American Art take shape in New York’s Meatpacking District, in this time-lapse construction video.