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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Kallithea combines the National Library of Greece, the Greek National Opera, and a major public park in a Renzo Piano-designed complex.

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2016

Kallithea, Attica, Greece

Library, opera, and park complex

cultural center library opera house park concrete glass steel Library, opera, and park complex

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Renzo Piano

Born 1937 · Genoa, Liguria, Italy

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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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