Renzo Piano - Centre Kanak Cultural Centre of Kanak People |
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Author:
| Blaser, Werner |
ISBN: | 978-3-7643-6540-0 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
Publisher: | Princeton Architectural Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $68.95 |
Book Description:
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The cultural centre in Noum a - unquestionably one of the Pritzker prize winner Renzo Piano's finest works. From 1993-1998 Italian architect Renzo Piano built a new cultural centre in Noumea, New Caledonia to commemorate the forthcoming independence of the Pacific Island. Beginning with a round wooden building, a traditional feature of Kanak culture, Piano went on to develop and create a structure which blends the memory of Melanesian culture with modern techniques from the West in a...
More DescriptionThe cultural centre in Noum a - unquestionably one of the Pritzker prize winner Renzo Piano's finest works. From 1993-1998 Italian architect Renzo Piano built a new cultural centre in Noumea, New Caledonia to commemorate the forthcoming independence of the Pacific Island. Beginning with a round wooden building, a traditional feature of Kanak culture, Piano went on to develop and create a structure which blends the memory of Melanesian culture with modern techniques from the West in a visually stunning way. Piano's wooden shell structures and state-of-the-art technology is a dramatic contrast to the blossoming island landscape. With his expressive duotone photographs, Werner Blaser captures the essence of this extraordinary building from outside and from within.