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	title of this thread your message You are too kind?. I am not in the habit of taking people apart unless their ignorance hurts too much or their thoughts are not inspired by the search of some form of truth. As you know, neither applies to you, so I am not even tempted. As I know him, Renzo Piano is one of these talented people that emerge from time to time out of ?a culture of doing? For several generations, his ancestors were contractors. As a matter of fact I think that his brother was the contractor for the Italian Industry pavilion at the Osaka Expo 70 that Renzo Piano designed. He does not call his office anything but a ?Building Workshop? and has always been as much interested in the engineering of the construction as in the architectural part (sorry to make the distinction). I am not pretending that he always succeeded and as far as Beaubourg is concerned I think we should listen to Paul Goldberger who wrote, "Like any artist who produces a celebrated work early in his career, Renzo Piano has in many ways been more confined than liberated by the Centre Beaubourg.known primarily as the architect who.installed this high-tech spoof at monumental scale into the heart of Paris." Before the Centre Georges Pompidou Piano had experimented a lot with organic geometry that is very close to the center of the CAS roof, but he had only build an office building in Como and some individual housing in Cusago,Milan, apart from the Italian Pavilion already mentioned. Although the architectural competitions that are so common in France are highly appreciated by architects, one can not avoid the thought that many of them are not fulfilling the promises the judges anticipated. I have been part of juries dozens of times and I have seen how influential the process is on the outcome?To a large extend the winning project represents the vision of the jury as much as the vision of the architect. This being said, I think that Renzo Piano is one of those who look always carefully at the unity you are referring to. All of us, even those who are searching for ?clarity and authenticity on artefacts? are not exempt from the temptations of what you call ?Cosmeticism? You applaud the effort of searching for it, but you also know that there is a high price to pay. Self-evident products require from the designer that he or she eliminates him or herself from the end result. A self-evident product can not be a statement other than showing the willingness to serve and to do it for a long period of time. I resent taking myself as an example but I designed products that have been on the market, without interruption for the last 35 years. Each time they were challenged by a competitor the consumers stayed loyal to them, and yet you will not find them in museum collections, coffee able books or magazines. associated web images (optional) associated web link (optional) your email your password create a forums account \| you forgot your password?