Thomas Chéné

Oct 19, 2023 | monocle.com | Nic Monisse |Thomas Chéné |Jesse Chehak

LArchitecture is about more than simply ushering ideas from sketch to skyscraper. It can play a critical role in solving global issues. Here, three renowned practitioners explain their approach and tell us how they strive to build structures that truly last – or don’t. Renzo Piano was always going to be an architect. The octogenarian Italian designer – whose studio, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, has offices in Paris and his hometown of Genoa – was born into a family of builders.