Dreams The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams. Renzo Piano 38
Attitude In some way, people believe that if you are permeable, if you are a good listener, you don't have the quality of somebody with a firm attitude. This... Renzo Piano 25
Design I don't like the idea that the first preparation when you start to design your building has to put your label. I think this is not fair. It's not fair... Renzo Piano 39
Architecture London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design. Renzo Piano 30
Design When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only the theoretical... Renzo Piano 32
Architecture I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family. Renzo Piano 27
Architecture There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. It's the art of putting all... Renzo Piano 22
