Carlo Piano Livres

Key Selling Points: Arguably the world's most well known architect, this is Piano's first book co-written with his son, and is intended for a general rather that specialist audience A combination of literary travel log, father-son story, philosophical meditation on place, and work of contemporary architectural history, this book has multiple entry points for readers Great gift book for fathers, son, architects, builders TARGET READERSHIP For readers of The Lonely City by Olivia Laing, A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit, Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings by John Tusi, The Secret Lives of Colors by Kassia St. Clair For readers interesting in the politics and sociology of urban spaces, the life of cities, gentrification, and the relationship between architecture, urban development, and communities. For readers of The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs; the works of Rem Koolhass

Renowned architect Renzo Piano (the New Whitney Museum, the Pompidou Center, Potsdamer Platz, Cite Internationale, New York Times Building, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, etc.) and his son Carlo, a well-regarded journalist, set sail from Genoa one late Summer day to search for Atlantis, the perfect city, built to harbor a perfect society. Embarking not only on a life-changing journey but also on series of conversations that are humorous, irreverent, erudite, and always entertaining, Renzo and Carlo travel from Genoa in search of the perfect city, along the way reflecting on their own relationship, on fathers and sons, on the idea of travel itself, and perhaps most notably on architecture, space, and the secret life of forms. Piano, subject of The Art of Making Buildings and a man who can not only measure land at a glance but also the sea's infinite geometry, returns to the places where he has created his iconic works, mosaic pieces in the infinite, necessary quest for perfection. With his son he sails across the Pacific, along the banks of the Thames and the Seine, reaching as far as Athens, San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, and Osaka Bay. In search of beauty, Piano finds only imperfection. And so, all that remains is to sail on, in the company of his son.