The genius behind some of the world's most famous buildings | Renzo Piano

[@alexanastasi968]

What a likeable old gentleman, that was such a pleasure to watch him speak, makes me proud to be italian to see people like him. grazie, Renzo!

[@gabris1559]

Alex Anastasi grazie*

[@alexanastasi968]

Ayeee! ohh! That's what I said! lol :P (thanks for the correction! :)

[@Zhonguoria]

kappa, the summation of a people's cultural wisdom is encapsulated in its architecture

[@NiekKuijpers]

@Kappa hahaha what is your profession if i may ask? You probably won't answer me...

[@enespeker4794]

I am glad to ; there is a artitecture like him

[@stuey36]

What's interesting is how calm and sensible he is and yet creates daring and beautiful buildings. Opposite of most architects.

[@danielefabbro822]

When you reach that age you starts to be more calm and see more details than others. Your work is made better due better experience and dedication. Like to see an elder Japanese when he take care his bonsai. It's the same thing. Elders are wise. It's a matter of facts. 😤

[@leilagi1345]

“ Better cities make better citizens. ”

[@rice_eater-h8z]

" Better citizens make better cities. "

[@gi619]

I watched this video on 2020 and now I’m almost done with my first year of architecture. He made me want to study this major and I’m thankful every day cause I’m so in love with it.

[@ivan0797]

How's it going?

[@Tombler0ne]

I would listen to him for hours

[@cacambo1120]

It's amazing

[@jijujiju3700]

Yeah

[@TylerDickey1]

Piano's reverence for the workers is commendable. So many "starchitects" seem to expect their creations to be built whereas Piano is genuinely grateful for the labors

[@Frouza21]

Best part: "Real beauty is when invisible join visible coming on surface. And this doesn't apply only to art or nature. This applies to science, human curiosities, solidarity - that's reason why you may say "This is a beautiful person", "that's a beautiful mind". This is a beauty that can change ppl in better ppl by switching a special light in their eyes. And making building for this beauty makes cities better places to live. And better cities makes better citizens. This universal beauty is one of the few things that can change the world. Believe me, this beauty will save the world. One person at the time, but it will do it. " (c) Renzo Piano

[@karigokabui3966]

Frouza21 This is a real one

[@TimSlee1]

Yeah, big gray concrete blocks are so beautiful. What a load of deceptive trite!

[@ShinjiniBose13]

@@TimSlee1 Architecture and buildings are not only about big gray concrete blocks. In fact if you do a little research you might surprise yourself that not all construction involve concrete blocks. And speaking of beauty, don't you think the idea varies from person to person?

[@TimSlee1]

@@ShinjiniBose13 This idea that beauty "varies from person to person" leaves room for excuses to create trash and have in accepted as the norm.

[@ShinjiniBose13]

@@TimSlee1 I really don't understand what gives you the idea that Architecture is 'TRASH' or anything like that. Then I must say you haven't seen much of Architecture that'll produce the sense of beauty in you. Just like I said it's not all about concrete blocks. Maybe do some research next time

[@alienx424]

He's probably over 90 years old yet still giving speech on the stage, really inspiring person! My most respected and most admired architect of all time.!

[@monicaberti9599]

Actually he is 80

[@gulzarhaider6074]

ME TOO....1974 and still TODAY 2020

[@RodrigoHernandez-tn7xw]

@@gulzarhaider6074 my respect to you and him, best wishes

[@MiScusi69]

If you think Piano is a great architect, then I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you don't know anything about art or architecture.

[@ss014s]

​@@MiScusi69What is architecture? Also give me some videos that talk like this.

[@sidrexsorongon8324]

The voice of the old man is magnetic.

[@ynna9528]

"Architecture is the art of telling stories." That's beautiful, Architect!

[@Apostate_ofmind]

oh my god its Renzo Piano! I never realized i have never actually seen the man's face before!

[@selintorian]

Thank you for being such an inspring character Renzo! All the architects in the world have a lot to learn from you

[@5217tuber]

One of the best architects of all time, in my opinion. I’m a 62 year old architect and am currently reading his 1998 “Logbook”; his views on his projects in his own voice. Highly recommended.

[@ritikasingh7771]

This video literally give a hope that my interest can also be my profession and i was confused before that should i choose architect or not but now after watching this i got the confidence that nothing is impossible if i have intrest i can do anything.......love from India ❤❤

[@pierangelobolis440]

Renzo Piano is the best architect in the world. Excellent speech!

[@eastudio-K]

God bless you Mr Piano, thank you for all that you do

[@TheAnnasGap]

A truly inspirational person, such a great mind and creativity

[@yeldaq]

how still and nicely Renzo Piano stands on the stage. also his hand jestures is a very important part of what is is saying, the way he is communicating. i love him.

[@marcellocarbone6234]

Grazie Renzo per questo regalo, sei un grand'uomo!

[@lupistana7885]

un'altro gioiello italiano da custodire, Renzo. grazie, è stato bello sentirti... Italia, in alto fino all'ultimo piano.

[@bakytorazymbet3690]

One of the architects I really respect for his works and a design approach… Gracie

[@fleXcope]

With tears.

[@simonlong2305]

Such calm genius. Gives me hope for humanity !

[@boluwarin]

Tried to stop watching several times but I was hooked on this video

[@Hacunamattata]

Piano is a legend

[@rr7firefly]

"Beauty is not a frivolous idea." This statement is a great prelude to understanding the need for it in our world. So many parts of many American cities are NOT beautiful; the result is that we live an impoverished life, one that no amount of digital media can fix. Perhaps this is why people escape into their digital devices, embracing a reality separate from the one they are actually in.

[@tangenttajim1599]

A truly inspirational person, such a great mind and creativity. Thank you sir

[@arquitecnicaestudio]

A unique mix of mastery and humbleness. An extraordinary architect.

[@samlou3665]

Amazing! All I could think about is that I want to reach that level of love for his craft and that I could work with him.

[@koowasha]

This is The best in the field. Period.

[@canalsentir]

hi from Mexico! Great TED talk with Renzo! Highlights beauty in Architecture and why it's so functional, and what it accomplishes! thanks!

[@yao882]

Very very encouraging and inspirational speech to me. What a wise man!

[@jennief2108]

I love this man ! He is beauty !

[@jeanpaulfelix4095]

OMG...This guy is special even amoung architects.

[@moroz96108]

Amo Renzo Piano, amo architettura, amo Italia!

[@magnetmetaldrone]

Ayrav Zorom grazie 🙏

[@gyusbrainrot7444]

Wow i could listen to him all day

[@Arquitaki]

you for sure have changed the world for better! thank you!

[@maroufnabil79]

In love with Renzo Piano

[@nestv_5922]

Architecture is nocturnal. Very educative, legendary

[@EmmaRoseLondon]

well said ! I just started an architecture channel as a small KZbinr :)

[@cesarbello1269]

Es una maravilla escuchar a un arquitecto de la talla de Renzo Piano, sobre todo por la variedad de proyectos y temas, tan bien resueltos, tener esas oportunidades de las cuales, son muy pocos, vale la pena escuchar sus conceptos expuestos de manera sencilla y entendible. Gracias Renzo, un gran trabajo. Arquitecto.Cesar Bello

[@miraclespyer]

Fantastic speech, truly heartfelt ❤️

[@Vincent14450]

I think it's amazing how someone can talk so passionately about architecture; something perceived as generally boring in my age category. However, it is the passion that hits you exactly right. I love how TED talks enrich my way of thinking by means of such videos. Some videos are about business, economics and other hard things, while some (like these) are very soft and just trigger the mind to become something better than it was the day before. Thanks TED And above all, also thanks Renzo. Your passion/story is inspiring

[@parikarimi7297]

Real beauty is when the invisible joins the visible,coming on surface ..That's really ture👌👍👏👏👏

[@misucmaker]

he just blow my mind

[@mdgart]

"Real beauty is when the invisible join the visilble coming on surfice, and this doens't apply only to art or nature, this apply to science, human curiosity, solidarity, that is the reason why you say this is a beautiful person, a bteautiful mind. This is the beauty that can change people to better people."

[@atoms-to-atoms]

Most loved pragmatic master.. I have folloed his work for almost 40 years... "the some of the units"

[@eiyoimloise]

Such an inspiration especially in architecture

[@1LSWilliam]

An unbeatable philosophy of the two most powerful transcendent values: the beautiful and the good.

[@flytrapYTP]

It's a me, master-a-builder genius!

[@vishalramadoss668]

"Piazza is the beginning of the urban life, meet and mix experience and they mix ages"- Renzo Piano, Simply Profound

[@KolyaUrtz]

"thats why i ruined it with my egotistical and idiotic idea of what paris should be"

[@augustocabrera2162]

@@KolyaUrtz Why you said that? I wanna know

[@mariocassar3117]

He’s a lovely philosopher....

[@DomenicoCapasso]

Proud to be italian just because of people like Renzo!

[@sammanko5386]

Domenico Capasso Most Italian men are proud because of people like Corleone ,Gambino and symilar.

[@ArgoBeats]

and Piero Angela

[@DomenicoCapasso]

sam manko maybe American-italian. I guess 90% of Italian don't even know who they are LOL

[@DomenicoCapasso]

ArgoBeats absolutely, but even more his son Alberto. Lot of knowledge

[@ervaagah3359]

what’s that got to do with to be italian?!

[@TRON0314]

quiet design. why renzo is one of my favorites.

[@gulzarhaider6074]

One of the most educational and emotionally touching offering on Arcitrcture and how it could be achieved. BLESS YOU Mr Piano!!!!!. Gulzar Haider (teaching architecture since 1969).

[@martymountebank5995]

The world would be a miserable place without Italians. Look at their achievements in art and architecture. Magnifico.

[@kaserandukatjikara4771]

so much architectural knowledge I can learn from

[@islamramli7988]

Wow 😮you are amazing person I can listen to you for a long time ❤

[@angelmireles1275]

Amazing architect 🌱

[@SpatialModels]

Living legend ! starchitect !

[@abbasmuhammadd.7090]

Truly inspired Sir....Thank you.

[@younno4910]

wowowowow this is renzo piano himself omgosh

[@mdmooin9191]

this old man becomes young in 1: 25 speed

[@potatopotatoeOG]

😫thank you😂 I needed this. I got sleepy in between the pauses

[@ngocminhhan4482]

lol

[@polpomutogeno5444]

He isn't an English native speaker

[@timschulz9563]

At first I thought: Who is that old guy talking about architecture.Than I read his name. I love his work!

[@kenny-magno]

Awesome! The beauty save one person at the time, so true ❤

[@Ukdsgndesignbuild]

I love his voice.🎉

[@jirenuniverse116]

I'm an architect student... and a historian, an artist, a doctor, a city planner, a tour guide, an interior designer, a business man, a psychologist, etc. Only architecture student can relate lol Edit: It's a joke everyone, can't believe I wrote this. I must be stressed on a project last year. I wrote this to complain actually hahaha

[@Beutax]

Cringe

[@ionc5319]

Cringe x2

[@ashleydanielle2306]

Yuuuuup!

[@nyx-fl6bl]

cringe(3)

[@jigsaw2253]

Cringe 4

[@designideaschannel]

Love Architecture. Thank Mr. Piano for sharing.

[@yfhxbtupgvnhdgfchddhf]

well done, you motivate me to change the world and see with another point of view my city, I want to become architecture that's why I would like to say thank you for creating this kind of channel to motivate so I am from Kyrgyzstan and I believe that beautiful city can change the citizens so I am going to make something benefit to my country!!!

[@juhiimi05]

Im so glad he mentioned the structural engineers that actually designed those buildings, not just drawing a frame without a structure to stand.

[@caspiangreen]

“The real beauty is when the invisible beauty connects with the visible”. It applies in everything including science. I should remember this rare wisdom. What a beautiful video!

[@TimSlee1]

There is no wisdom here! True wisdom is understanding that beauty can only be achieved through a certain set of rules of symmetries and proportions. Wisdom is understanding that beauty comes from nature. Wisdom is understanding that the Sacre Coer cathedral is objectively more beautiful than any ugly concrete abomination or social high rise complex. Wisdom is understanding that one must apply a certain set of skills to achieve beauty, to be a good artist. Wisdom is understanding that not everyone can be a great artist. There's some fucking wisdom!

[@emiliorumbead8926]

Tim Slee then we should just stick to the classical architectural treaties forever and ever. If it is so simple, why don't you do that yourself and become the best architect of your era? Someone who knew how to wisely marry timeless aesthetic principles with the reality of his time into buildings was Louis Kahn. Maybe his architecture you would like.

[@user-ly1fk9kk9d]

@@emiliorumbead8926 Modernism is the first architectural style that is so controversial, that just can't be embraced by a big part of the population. We didn't have to deal with this problem in classicism, renaissance, neo-classicism. Most of the population can see an old classic building as beautiful(this is why historical cities invest so much in old-towns), but a modern building divide the opinions in 2. One of the most important role of an architect is to find the objective beauty and use it so that the vast majority will be satisfied, modernism as a style just fails in finding this objective beauty(except very rare exceptions that most of the time ignore the base definitions of modernism, using details and equalising at least a bit the form with function). And modern/avant-garde buildings wouldn't be a problem if they were separated in their part of the city, but this doesn't always happend(the best example being the centre Pompidou) "more good is the enemy of good" this is very important.

[@web-navigator]

Grazie Renzo! 🙏

[@evafuksova2556]

Perfect, just perfect!

[@hekikoka5792]

Genius! A magnanimous word randomly dished about and attached to anything and anyone

[@moeenuddin6756]

Incredible Truly Incredible!

[@myrta999]

He is so amazing person make you feel amazing as an architect, I hope I can change the world like he said to better world 🌍

[@aum342]

SO NICE RENZO PIANO SIR YOU MARVELLOUS SPEECH OF ARCHITECTURE IN ARTS

[@TedescaIndica]

Grazie Mille! Você é uma inspiração!

[@stefanoantognoli9883]

A contemporary genius!

[@MisterMcKinney]

He’s a delicate genius

[@karthikraja5103]

Really Awesome speech about architecture and also explain very beautiful about beauty of Architectural he really genius Architect............

[@EmmaRoseLondon]

I just started an architecture channel - feel free to check it out if you're interested! :)

[@marsy1480]

What a workspace!

[@cicron10]

Amazing count: 35

[@r345etr6zu]

Found the OCD guy

[@colettevalensi2083]

I was his secretary. during the Beaboug project very cleaver but Rogers was do nice and his intelligence was luminous

[@georgehoaau8652]

Wow - magic beauty!

[@mariaceliagomez5142]

Me encanta la arquitectura de renzo piano.

[@michelegambini]

Poetry transformed into architecture

[@ysabellaperez3377]

Just wow!

[@tinashen2984]

The absolute master. solute.

[@gabrielemangialavori8732]

Renzo Piano 🧠🇮🇹🔥

[@alanOHALAN]

I love sailing and philosophy, and I am also an architect -)

[@jennief2108]

This is my No 1 Ted and Suzanne on the Trees.

[@tiptycoon9163]

Very good Renzo Piano!

[@militia505]

When reaching the same age as Mr. Renzo Piano himself, I hope I will be capable of delivering to many my thoughts as down-to-earth and wisely as he does, not to much concerned about some pause and silence made in my talking due to my nervousness. Old and wise.

[@EduArchs]

awesome speech

[@ducanhdang9053]

This Ted Talk can change lives, and then the world.

[@nursberrios2671]

I wanna give a shout to all those fucking skill workers/real builders on top of those building who risked their life’s for the glory of these foos.

[@freddymendoza2630]

Beatiful,he is amazing architect.

[@theredcatt]

Excellent. Renzo Piano!!

[@wyattkorb6629]

This video is just a giant flex

[@mohammadhosienkarimi9027]

amazing

[@zzz9x]

what a mind, you have my hat