Renzo Piano: Mr. Replacement

Metropolis has just updated their site with a really terrific interview with Renzo Piano, an all-star architect who we’ve always just been crazy about. We’re not usually ones for pomp and circumstance, like with your Hadids and your Gehrys, so it makes sense that we’d have a fond place in our hearts for Piano. And, like the intro to the interview says “Renzo Piano has become the go-to architect for American cultural institutions — the default choice when more “adventurous” designers flame out, bust the budget, or spook timid museum boards.”