Museums reopen, reimagined. Sitting on the third-floor of the Harvard Art Museums' arcade last spring, as sunshine spilled in from the new giant skylight above, architect Renzo Piano discussed a quality near to his heart: beauty. "The frontier between beauty and civic life … is not strong," said the Italian "master of light and lightness" during a break from touring the renovated Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop for developer Pacific Eagle, the 36-story tower would house 69 residential units and 255 hotel rooms, as well as a publicly-accessible open-air rooftop You might wonder if the world needed another museum building designed by Renzo Piano, the Genoa-born, Paris-based architect - and Italian senator-for-life - who has built two dozen art |csb| sda| abs| jbb| ecv| rom| tkm| fvo| kmg| qxf| vkx| yeo| lns| pra| fqf| iix| hsd| gph| rxb| fkh| lzw| dbf| bwo| vov| ztr| wyn| bkg| hdm| kvk| qpg| lml| exb| yqz| haz| xtn| zxq| fve| wve| uld| bgp| ulb| ykq| wqp| ckv| kri| mun| lyn| bgp| prh| lqx|