When Renzo Piano Gets Boring

Another story in what’s quickly becoming a down day for starchitects, is this piece in Bloomberg by their architecture critic, James S. Russell, “Renzo Piano, Favored Museum Designer, Wears Out His Welcome.” It’s about the plight of the famous architect after his work has been everywhere and the projects he gets requests for are essentially, “We want exactly what you’ve done a million times before” until, ultimately, his work becomes too familiar and no longer as unique as it once was.