Renzo Piano Building Workshop

CTBUH Silver Member

Overview
Buildings
Initiatives

About

Member Since: 2024

Member Offices: Paris

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	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 Xinyi A25 Tower	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

Award of Excellence: Tribunal de Paris

Best Tall Building, by Region, Europe 2018

Ctbuh Leaders

Elisabetta Trezzani

CTBUH Awards Façade Engineering Jury, 2024

Genoa

RANK	Name	City	Completion	Height	Floors	Function
1	Triple One	Seoul	-	620 m / 2,034 ft	112	Office
2	Trans National Place	Boston	-	387 m / 1,270 ft	75	Office
3	New York Times Tower	New York City	2007	319 m / 1,046 ft	52	Office
4	Pinwheel South Tower	Beirut	-	315 m / 1,033 ft	67	Serviced Apartments / Hotel
5	The Shard	London	2013	306 m / 1,004 ft	73	Residential / Hotel / Office
6	Fubon Xinyi A25 Tower	Taipei	2022	266 m / 871 ft	54	Office
7	Paddington Place	London	-	254 m / 833 ft	72	Residential / Office
8	One Sydney Harbour Tower 1	Sydney	2024	247 m / 810 ft	72	Residential
9	One Sydney Harbour Tower 2	Sydney	2024	230 m / 754 ft	68	Residential
10	Aurora Place	Sydney	2000	219 m / 718 ft	41	Office
11	Pinwheel North Tower	Beirut	-	200 m / 656 ft	39	Residential
12	Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo	Turin	2015	166 m / 545 ft	38	Office
13	Leonardo 1	Genoa	-	160 m / 525 ft	N/A	Residential
14	Tribunal de Paris	Paris	2017	160 m / 524 ft	38	Office
15	Columbia University Site O	New York City	-	130 m / 427 ft	37	Residential
16	555 Howard	San Francisco	-	127 m / 415 ft	36	Residential / Hotel
17	Paddington Place	London	-	125 m / 410 ft	35	Office
18	Debis Tower	Berlin	1997	106 m / 348 ft	22	Office
19	Waterman’s Residences	Sydney	2024	104 m / 341 ft	30	Residential
20	Toren op Zuid	Rotterdam	2000	96 m / 316 ft	23	Office
21	Shard Place	London	2021	96 m / 316 ft	27	Residential
22	565 Broome SoHo North	New York City	2019	88 m / 290 ft	25	Residential
22	565 Broome SoHo South	New York City	2019	88 m / 290 ft	25	Residential
24	Potsdamer Platz 11	Berlin	1999	79 m / 259 ft	19	Office
25	The News Building	London	2013	78 m / 257 ft	19	Office
26	Paddington Square	London	2023	74 m / 243 ft	18	Office / Retail
27	Eighty Seven Park	Miami Beach	2020	71 m / 233 ft	18	Residential
27	Macquarie Apartments	Sydney	2000	71 m / 233 ft	18	Residential
29	Central Saint Giles	London	2010	51 m / 167 ft	11	Office
30	Matilda Apartments	London	2010	48 m / 159 ft	15	Residential
31	JNBY Headquarters Building D1-5	Hangzhou	2019	45 m / 148 ft	11	Office / Exhibition / Retail
31	OōEli Hotel	Hangzhou	2020	45 m / 148 ft	11	Hotel / Retail
33	JNBY Headquarters Building E	Hangzhou	2019	42 m / 139 ft	9	Museum
34	JNBY Headquarters Building A1-2	Hangzhou	2019	38 m / 125 ft	9	Office / Retail
34	JNBY Headquarters Building A3-4	Hangzhou	2019	38 m / 125 ft	9	Office / Retail
34	JNBY Headquarters Building A5	Hangzhou	2019	38 m / 125 ft	9	Office / Retail
34	JNBY Headquarters Building B1	Hangzhou	2019	38 m / 125 ft	9	Retail
34	JNBY Headquarters Building B2-3	Hangzhou	2019	38 m / 125 ft	9	Office / Retail
34	JNBY Headquarters Building C1	Hangzhou	2019	38 m / 125 ft	9	Office / Retail
34	JNBY Headquarters Building D6	Hangzhou	2019	38 m / 125 ft	9	Exhibition
41	Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Headquarters	Tokyo	2028	-	20	Office

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.