CTBUH Silver Member

Renzo Piano Building Workshop

About

Member Since: 2024

Member Offices: Paris

Website: https://www.rpbw.com

The Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) was established in 1981 by Renzo Piano with offices in Genoa, Italy and Paris, France. RPBW is led by 12 partners, including founder and Pritzker Prize laureate, architect Renzo Piano. The practice permanently employs about 120 architects together with a further 30 support staff including 3D visualization artists, model makers, archivers, administrative and secretarial staff. RPBW has successfully undertaken and completed over 140 projects around the world.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height
1 New York Times Tower
318.8 m / 1,046  ft
2 Pinwheel South Tower
315 m / 1,033  ft
3 The Shard
306 m / 1,004  ft
4 Fubon Life Insurance Building
265.6 m / 871  ft
5 One Sydney Harbour Tower 1
247 m / 810  ft
6 One Sydney Harbour Tower 2
230 m / 754  ft
7 Aurora Place
218.9 m / 718  ft
8 Pinwheel North Tower
200 m / 656  ft
9 Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo
166.3 m / 545  ft
10 Tribunal de Paris
159.7 m / 524  ft

Awards

Paddington Square

Winner: Paddington Square

Façade Award 2024

Ctbuh Leaders

Elisabetta Trezzani

Elisabetta Trezzani

CTBUH Awards Façade Engineering Jury, 2024

Genoa

RANK
Name
Height
1 Triple One

620 m / 2,034 ft

2 Trans National Place

387 m / 1,270 ft

3 New York Times Tower

319 m / 1,046 ft

4 Pinwheel South Tower

315 m / 1,033 ft

5 The Shard

306 m / 1,004 ft

6 Fubon Life Insurance Building

266 m / 871 ft

7 Paddington Place

254 m / 833 ft

8 One Sydney Harbour Tower 1

247 m / 810 ft

9 One Sydney Harbour Tower 2

230 m / 754 ft

10 Aurora Place

219 m / 718 ft

11 Pinwheel North Tower

200 m / 656 ft

12 Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo

166 m / 545 ft

13 Leonardo 1

160 m / 525 ft

14 Tribunal de Paris

160 m / 524 ft

15 Columbia University Site O

130 m / 427 ft

16 555 Howard

127 m / 415 ft

17 Paddington Place

125 m / 410 ft

18 Debis Tower

106 m / 348 ft

19 Waterman’s Residences

104 m / 341 ft

20 Marunouchi Tokio Marine

100 m / 328 ft

21 Paddington Square

97 m / 320 ft

22 Shard Place

97 m / 319 ft

23 Toren op Zuid

96 m / 316 ft

24 565 Broome SoHo North

88 m / 290 ft

24 565 Broome SoHo South

88 m / 290 ft

26 Potsdamer Platz 11

79 m / 259 ft

27 The News Building

78 m / 257 ft

28 Eighty Seven Park

71 m / 233 ft

28 Macquarie Apartments

71 m / 233 ft

30 Central Saint Giles

51 m / 167 ft

31 Matilda Apartments

48 m / 159 ft

32 JNBY Headquarters Building D1-5

45 m / 148 ft

32 OĹŤEli Hotel

45 m / 148 ft

34 JNBY Headquarters Building E

42 m / 139 ft

35 JNBY Headquarters Building A1-2

38 m / 125 ft

35 JNBY Headquarters Building A3-4

38 m / 125 ft

35 JNBY Headquarters Building A5

38 m / 125 ft

35 JNBY Headquarters Building B1

38 m / 125 ft

35 JNBY Headquarters Building B2-3

38 m / 125 ft

35 JNBY Headquarters Building C1

38 m / 125 ft

35 JNBY Headquarters Building D6

38 m / 125 ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Shard London Bridge Visit

23 January 2011

While in London, CTBUH’s Jan Klerks took the opportunity to visit the city's future tallest building; the Shard London Bridge, currently rising next to London Bridge Station.