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Menil Collection

The Menil Collection, located in Houston, Texas, refers either to a museum that houses the art collection of founders John de Menil and Dominique de Menil, or to the collection itself of paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs and rare books.

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1987

Houston, Houston, United States

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Renzo Piano

Born 1937 · Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Role: lead architect

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Renzo Piano is an Italian architect. His notable works include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, The Shard in London (2012), Kansai International Airport in Osaka (1994), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015), Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in Istanbul (2022), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultur…

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Renzo Piano Building Workshop

bureau · San Francisco, California, United States

Role: designer

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Whitney Museum

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Whitney Museum

1931 · Manhattan, Manhattan, United States

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Renzo Piano

Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon

Same architect / bureau

Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon

1984 · Lyon, Lyon, France

Museum

Renzo Piano

High Museum of Art

Same architect / bureau

High Museum of Art

1905 · Fulton County, Fulton County, United States

Museum

Renzo Piano

Harvard Art Museums

Same architect / bureau

Harvard Art Museums

1895 · Cambridge, Cambridge, United States

Museum

Renzo Piano