the National Academy of Design, New York City 2017, Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise Professional and personal life Piano founded the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) in 1981. In 2017 it had 150 collaborators in offices in Paris, Genoa, and New York. In 2004, he became head of the Renzo Piano Foundation, dedicated to the promotion of the architectural profession. Since June 2008, the headquarters has been co-located with his architectural office at Punta Nave, near Genoa. After his nomination as Senator for Life in 2013, an honour limited to five office holders in the sole gift of the Italian President, Renzo Piano set up a team of young architects called G124 whose mission is to work on the transformation of Italy's major cities’ suburbs. Team members are paid with Renzo Piano senator's salary and change every year through a public selection. Projects have been developed in Turin, Milan, Padua, Venice and Rome. Piano resides in Paris with his second wife Milly and four children, Carlo, Matteo, Lia - from his first wife - and Giorgio. List of works References Bibliography External links Pritzker Architecture Prize biography Profile at GreatBuildings.com Renzo Piano Architecture on Google maps 1937 births Living people Architects from Genoa Engineers from Genoa Italian life senators Modernist architects Pritzker Architecture Prize winners Recipients of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise Kyoto laureates in Arts and Philosophy Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Polytechnic University of Milan alumni Academic staff of the Polytechnic University of Milan People associated with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal Recipients of the Praemium Imperiale 20th-century Italian architects 21st-century Italian architects Honorary Members of the Royal Academy Members of the Académie d'architecture People associated with the Whitney Museum of American Art Recipients of the AIA Gold Medal Honorary Fellows of the American Institute of Architects Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts Compasso d'Oro Award recipients