Architect Renzo Piano

ARCHITECT
RENZO PIANO
“An Architect is trained for those things: to observe the
world, to listen to the world, to understand”
-Renzo Piano

To understand him and his works we are going to take a look into his
Biography
Philosophy
Significant Buildings
Projects
Designs
This presentation is an attempt of a comprehensive study about the man behind some of the greatest
Modern Architecture marvels of this age.
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BIOGRAPHY
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FAMILY
• Born on the 14th of September in
Italy Genoa in 1937
• Renzo Piano was Born into a family of
Building Contractors including his
grandfather, father,Uncle and Brother
Spouse : MagdaArduino, Emilia
Rossato
Children: Carlo, Matteo, Lia
EDUCATION
• He studied Architecture at the Milan
PolytechnicUniversity
• He graduated with a dissertation
about modular coordination and
began working with experimental
lightweight structures and basic
shelter
• He expanded his knowledge and
technical skills by working in two large
international firms, for modernist
architect Louis

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WORKS
• Piano founded Renzo Piano Building
Workshop (RPBW) in 1981
• In 2004 he became the head of Renzo
Piano Foundation, dedicated for the
promotion of architectural profession
• After he was nominated as the Senator
of life on Genoa, he set up a team of
young architects called G124 whose
mission is to work on transformation
of Italy’s major cities suburbs
CAREER
• Renzo Piano began his career winning
the competition for the design of the
CentreGeorges Pompidou along with
Richard Rogers and Gianfranco
• Subsequently, Piano worked with many
other illustrious architects and
engineers (Rice, Fitzgerald, Makowsky)
His work encompasses many different
sectors: from trade fair pavilions to
historical building restoration, studies
on materials and processes to boat
and furniture design. and from
BIOGRAPHY

ARCHITECT RENZO
PIANO WAS
INTERESTED IN
SAILING!DID YOU KNOW?

AWARDS AND
RECOGNITION
Piano has received numerous awards and prizes,
including the JapanArt Association’s Praemium
Imperiale prize for architecture (1995)
In 1998, Piano won
the Pritzker Prize, often
considered the
Nobel Prize of
Architecture
The Gold Medal of Royal
Institute of British
Architecture in London
1989
In 1994 Renzo Piano won
the International
Competition for the new
Auditorium Parco Della
Museum in Rome
The Legion of Honor in
1985r
ion
2006,Gold Medal for
Italian Architecture,
Milano
TheAmerican Institute of
Architects Gold Medal
2008
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PHILOSOPHY His works have
achieved a balance
between Art and function.
It has also always
succeeded in being
humane, intelligent and
resourceful.
Renzo Piano's work
has been called
high tech and bold
post modernism
The interior is open,
light, modern,
natural, old and
new at the same
time.
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“Architecture is a serious business being
both Art and a Service
- Renzo Piano
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PHILOSOPHY He believed that
better buildings
make for a better
world
Aesthetic sense of
lightness are
deployed to make visible
or bring forth social,
cultural and tectonic
truths
“A successful building is
one that improves daily
life for the people
who live and work
around it”
-Renzo Piano
.
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“Architecture is a serious business being
both Art and a Service
- Renzo Piano
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BUILDINGS
ARCHITECT
RENZO PIANO
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Centre Pompidou Paris
Whitney MuseumOf American Art,
NewYork
Parco Della Musica Rome
Jean – MarieTjibaou Cultural Centre,
New Caledonia
The Shard London

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CENTRE
POMPIDOU
PARIS
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BUILDINGS

CENTRE
POMPIDOU
PARIS
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• The idea was to make a multicultural complex, bringing together in one
place different forms of Art and Literature
• Rogers and Piano design was selected through an International competition
and among 681 competition entries
• Major example of an inside out building, with its structural , mechanical and
circulation systems exposed on the exterior of the building
• Design was meant to be not a building but a town where you find everything
– Lunch,Great Art, a Library and great music
• Initially all of the functional elements were color coded: Green pipes are
plumbing, Blue ducts are for climate control, electrical wires are encased in
yellow and circulation elements & devices for safety are red
• The center spread over a land area of 5 acres was built in 1977
• It is the home to the National Museum ofArts and is internationally
renowned for its 20th and 21st century art collections
• Pompidou concept is about celebrating the life of cities and bringing energy
to their center, through a combination of flight to the suburbs and
destructive planning, traditional cities endangered in need of such support
BUILDINGS

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BUILDINGS CENTRE POMPIDOU PARIS

CONCEPT
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BUILDINGS – CENTRE POMPIDOU PARIS

HE WORKED WITH HIS
FRIEND RICHARD ROGERS IN
CENTRE GORGES POMPIDOU
IN 1977.
“WE WERE AT THAT TIME
BAD BOYS” HE SAYS.
FUN FACT!

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• Whitney Museum focuses on 20th and 21st century American Art
• Previously it was at another location and in 2014 it was moved to a new
building designed by Renzo Piano
• The new building is much more expansive and open than the old ones and
spans 19,000 meter square
• This 8 story building includes art gallery spaces, an education centre,
theatre, a conservation Lab, library and reading rooms
• “The design for the new museum emerges equally from a close study of the
Whitney’s need and from a response to this remarkable site.We wanted to
draw on its vitality and at the same time enhance its rich character” – Renzo
Piano
• The design takes on a striking asymmetrical form-one that responds to the
industrial character of the neighboring loft buildings and overhead railway
while asserting a contemporary sculptural presence
• The upper stories of the building overlook the Hudson river on its west and
step back gracefully from the elevated High Line park to its East
BUILDINGS

PLANS,SECTIONS&
ELEVATION
BUILDINGS WHITNEY MUSEUM OF
AMERICAN ART, NEW YORK

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• It is a large public music complex with three concert halls and an outdoor
theatre in park setting
• It includes three buildings which are called by Piano as “Music Boxes”
• During construction, Piano designed a museum to accommodate a villa and
an oil press from the 6th century BC that were uncovered
• The insect like wooden interior is nothing less than stunning.The red wood
hangs like the interior of ancient tent
• As a whole this complex is barren edifice waiting t be illuminated by an
artistic performance
• The modern approach respects the historic context and indicates
something great that once occurred there – or has yet to happen
BUILDINGS

CONCEPT
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BUILDINGS PARCO DELLA MUSICA
ROME

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MAIN FLOOR PLAN
ROME

EXTERIOR
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ROME

INTERIOR
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ROME

IN 2006, PIANO WAS
SELECTED BY TIME AS ONE
OF THE 100 MOST
INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD. HE WAS
SELECTED AS THE 10TH
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON
IN THE "ARTS AND
ENTERTAINMENT

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• This cultural centre celebrates the vernacular Kanak culture and the
indigenous culture of New Caledonia blending the linguistic and artistic
heritage of the Kanak people
• The Kanak building tradition and the resources of modern international
architecture were blended by Piano
• The building is surrounded by landscaping which is also inspired by the
traditional Kanak design elements
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The formal curved axial layout, 205m long on top of the ridge, contain ten
large conical cases or pavilion all of different dimensions patterned on the
traditional Kanak Grand Hut design
• The buildings spread over an area of 8550 meters square were conceived to
incorporate the link between the landscape and the built structures in the
Kanak tradition
• Planning aimed at a unique building which would create a symbol, a cultural
centre devoted to Kanak civilization, a place that would pass on their
memory to the grandchildren
BUILDINGS

CONCEPT
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BUILDINGS JEAN – MARIE TIJIBAOU
CULTURAL CENTRE NEW CALEDONIA

PLANS &
SECTIONS
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MAIN FLOOR PLAN
LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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• It is a 95 ey sky scraper that forms the part of Shard Quarter Development
• Standing at 309.6m, it is the sixth tallest building in the United Kingdom
• Renzo Piano designed it as a spire like sculpture emerging from River
Thames, inspired from the railway line next to the site
• He considered the slender spire like form of the tower a positive addition to
the London sky line recalling the church steeples featured in historic
engravings of the city .
• Sophisticated use of glazing, with expressive façade of angled glass panes
intended to reflect sunlight above and the sky above, so that the appearance
• of the building will change according to the weather
• The building is designed to maintain stability under very onerous condition,
with its post tension concrete and composite floors, load bearing pillars and
tapering shape giving it a sway tolerance of 400mm
• It is an energy efficient building as fuel is converted to electricity, and heat is
recovered from the engine to provide hot water for the building
BUILDINGS

IT TOOK 1400
PEOPLE COMING
FROM 60
DIFFERENT
NATIONALITIES TO
BUILD THE SHARD
OF GLASS
DID YOU KNOW?
BUILDINGS – THE SHARD

CONCEPT
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PROJECTS
ARCHITECT
RENZO PIANO
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Kansai InternationalAirport
Kiribilli
Eighty Seven Park
Paris Courthouse
NEMO Science Museum

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KANSAI
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
OSAKA JAPAN
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PROJECTS

KANSAI
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
OSAKA JAPAN
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• KansaiAirport is located on a specially built island in the bay of Osaka
• It’s a long and light structure designed to withstand the violent earthquakes that often
affect this region of Japan
• A notable feature and one of the primary importance in the organization of the airport,
is the unobstructed thanks to the uninterrupted lines of vision through the open
departures level main terminal building.
The long terminal building gently curves, lifting in the middle and decreasing at either
end, so that it doesn't interfere with lines of sight for the control tower.
• KansaiAirport rests upon the island like glider seen in plan – the main body of the
Airport forming its fuselage and the boarding gates positioned in its wings.
• All of KansaiAirports 82 000 Stainless Steel panels of the roof are identical.
PROJECTS

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MAINFLOORPLAN
PROJECTS – KANSAI INT. AIRPORT

VIEW FROM
ABOVE
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PROJECTS – KANSAI INT. AIRPORT
• The high-tech architecture movement, of which the Italian architect Piano was
a key proponent, was defined by buildings that utilised the latest developments
in technology and industrial design.
• Japan's Kansai InternationalAirport, with its asymmetrical clear-span roof and
visible structure, demonstrates many of the movement's qualities.
It was built on an artificial island three miles offshore so that it can run 24 hours
a day, without disturbing the residents of Osaka.
• Since it opened in 1994, the 1.1 mile long terminal has held the title of the
longest airport in the world.

RENZO PIANO
BUILDING
WORKSHOP WON AN
INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION FOR
THE AIRPORT IN 1988,
WITH A DESIGN THAT
RESEMBLES A GLIDER
PLANE IN PLAN
DID YOU KNOW?

DETAILS
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Kirribilli is the result of an idea developed with architect, Renzo Piano to design a
fast cruiser with all of the characteristics of the most modern maxi yachts, and the
sober qualities and essential lines of the famous J Class, which competed in the
America’sCup in the 1930s.
SPECIFICATIONS
Shipyard Vismara
Partnership Renzo Piano
Model 60
Year 2001
Length 18.60 M
Width 4.80 M
Draft 3.20 M
• The main characteristic of this boat is that it
combines advanced construction
technology, researched hydrodynamics and
performance with sober elegance.
• The structures and reinforcement plates on
the deck have been left exposed, which
enhances the adequate combination of
technology of the materials and the way
they have been used structurally and
aesthetically.
• In this way, the continuity is constant
between all of the surfaces of the hull, deck
and bulkheads, which are joined by a wide
radius to create a seamless monolithic area,
where the structure is architecture
PROJECTS – KIRIBILLI

KIRRIBILLI IS THE
RESULT OF AN IDEA
DEVELOPED WITH
ARCHITECT, RENZO
PIANO TO DESIGN A
FAST CRUISER WITH
ALL OF THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE MOST MODERN
MAXI YACHTS.
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PROJECTS – KIRIBILLI

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EIGHTY
SEVEN
PARK
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PROJECTS

EIGHTY
SEVEN
PARK
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• Located in North Beach in Miami, Florida, Eighty Seven Park will be a
luxury condominium, and Renzo Piano’s first residential project in the western
hemisphere.
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Set to be completed in 2018, the project seeks to seamlessly blend sky, sea and
ground, addressing both the ocean and nearby 35-acre park. Seventy
apartments ranging in size from 1400 to 7000 square feet sit atop two lush parks
with uninterrupted ocean views.
Eighty Seven Park marks the gateway to Miami Beach, located at the northern
city limit near Bal Harbour Shopping, Surfside and Indian Creek.
• The building "will appear to be levitating above the trees," and feature an
"indoor botanical garden with an in-house botanist" in the lobby in addition to a
private park and garden and two swimming pools with cabanas and a juice bar
PROJECTS

PROJECT
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PROJECTS – EIGHTY SEVEN PARK

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PARIS
COURTHOUSE
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PROJECTS

PARIS
COURTHOUSE
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• Situated on the northern edge of
central Paris, the newTribunal
de Paris will regroup various facilities
currently dispersed around the capital,
becoming the largest law courts
complex in Europe.
• The building takes the form of a slim,
transparent, 160m tower of stacked
volumes of decreasing size, carefully laid
out for efficiency and ease of use.
• Situated in the urban development zone
of Clichy–Batignolles on the northern
edge of Paris, the site is at a key
intersection between the different
administrative areas of Paris and its
suburbs
• It is also well connected by public
transport, including the northern stretch
of the highly successful new tramway.
• The scale of the building is reduced by
breaking it down into four superimposed
volumes of decreasing size, the first of
which, long and low, fits in readily with
the proportions of Haussmann’s Paris.
PROJECTS

PROJECT
VIEW
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PROJECTS – PARIS COURTHOUSE

MAINFLOORPLAN
This 5,500 sq m (59,200 sq ft) space is punctuated by three atria – one large central
atrium (64m x 16m, larger still for the first four storeys) and smaller north and south
atria (16m x 16m), which reach the full height of this first section of the building,
daylight pouring in from the glazed skylights in the roof terrace above.
Circulation areas of subsequent floors give onto the atria. Looking up from
the ground floor one can see the glazed balustrades and the open structure
of the building, containing a series of galleries bathed in natural light.
PROJECTS – THE PARIS COURTHOUSE

NEMO
SCIENCE
MUSEUM
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PROJECTS

NEMO
SCIENCE
MUSEUM
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• This fascinating construction, with an illustrious name: NEMO, often compared
to a ship, is the largest Science centre in the Netherlands.
•
The museum has five floors dedicated to practical science exhibitions.The fifth
floor or upper deck has a restaurant, a cafeteria, a playground for children and a
great view of the surroundings of the city.
• The museum has its origins in 1923 and since 1997 it is located in a building
designed by Renzo Piano.
• The exterior of the building can be described as striking piano called the interior
a ‘noble factory’.With neutral gray walls and visible cables and pipes. .
PROJECTS

CONCEPT
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• Surrounded by water, the buildings is shaped like a ship and pre-oxidized copper clad
facades, referring to the surrounding port.
• The curvature of the tunnel on which it was built acted as a base and was also the
inspiration for the curved shape of the building itself.
• In a kind of mathematical mirror image of the traffic that descends into the tunnel, the
architect designed a building that seems to rise and rise from the water.
• The ascending shape also reflects a nautical influence, while green copper is widely
used in historic buildings along the docks.PROJECTS – NEMO SCIENCE MUSEUM

NEMO
SCIENCE
MUSEUM
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PROJECTS
INTERIOR VIEWT
• As striking piano called the interior a
‘noble factory’.With neutral gray walls
and visible cables and pipes.The ladder
has been placed in such a way that it
allows optimal orientation.
•
Therefore, all attention remains focused
on the internal function of the building, a
place full of things to do and discover in
the areas of science and technology, with
many interactive exhibits.
SKETCH

DESIGNS
ARCHITECT
RENZO PIANO
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SymbolicTable
Teso Console
DiogeneVitra Campus
Piano Bookshelf Walnut
Piano DiningTableWalnut

SYMBOLIC
TABLE
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This table features a bent iron base to symbolize the twin towers wreckage.
Destined for the World trade center site, the table has iron legs that are intended to
reference the tangle of reinforcing bars left behind in the rubble of the collapsed
Twin towers
Above the base sits a circular top, of Kauri wood.
The pieces are suspended in clear resin and designed to resemble a world map
This table is a symbol of conviviality, sharing,exchange, aggregation, meeting
around a central theme that is food, which is a universal need.
WORLDTRADECENTREWREKAGE FINAL PRODUCT OFTHE
SYMBOLIC TABLE
DESIGNS

SYMBOLIC
TABLE
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"The concept behind the design idea is inspired by the theme of peace and unity of
the peoples where there are no prejudices, differences of class or race," added the
brand.
"The table becomes a silent witness so that the horror is not forgotten and an
exemplary manifestation of the ability to express emotions through symbolic details."
"The table is quintessentially a symbol of conviviality, sharing, exchange, aggregation,
meeting around a central theme that is the food, which is a universal need,"
DESIGNS

TESO
CONSOLE
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Renzo Piano made his design debut through a coordinated line of furnishing
system using only one material: Glass
Console open on both sides. 15mm shelves and 25mm uprights in float glass.
Chromed metal tie rods.
High glass coefficient causes the tension to achieve a monobloc effect
Aesthetic sense of lightness are Deployed
DESIGNS

DIOGENE
VITRA
CAMPUS
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This is a tiny wooden cabin for a single inhabitant
Self sufficient hideaway that can be used as a work place or as a weekend home
“This little house is the final result of a long, long journey partially driven by
desires and dreams, but also by technicality and a scientific approach” – Renzo
Piano
“It is a voluntary place of retreat” – Renzo Piano
Exterior is Aluminum clad to protect it from elements and it uses solar panel
Rainwater collection and a biological toilet to satisfy the usual requirements of
electricity and water
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Renzo Piano brings his architectural approach to materials to this unique
collaboration with furniture specialist Riva
Pairing the craftsmanship of walnut with tubular metal form
This elegant bookshelf creates a towering grid of open storages
World renowned for designing pioneering buildings such as the Centre Pompidou in
Paris and London’s the Shard, Renzo Piano brings his architectural approach to
materials to this unique collaboration with furniture specialists Riva 1920. Pairing
the craftsmanship of walnut with tubular metal form, this elegant bookshelf creates
a towering grid of open storage.
DIMENSIONSAND SPECIFICATIONS
MATERIAL SPECIFIATION
Walnut oiled and plywood
Stainless steel
Height 177cm
Width 280cm
Depth 45cm
DESIGNS

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STORY BEHINDTHE SHELF
World renowned for designing pioneering buildings
such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and London’s
the Shard, Renzo Piano brings his architectural
approach to materials to this unique collaboration
with furniture specialists Riva 1920. Pairing the
craftsmanship of walnut with tubular metal form,
this elegant bookshelf creates a towering grid of
open storage.
DESIGNS - PIANO BOOKSHELF WALNUT

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PIANO
DINING
TABLE
WALNUT
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DESIGNS

PIANO
DINING
TABLE
WALNUT
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World renowned for designing pioneering buildings such as the Centre Pompidou in
Paris and London’s the Shard, Renzo Piano brings his architectural approach to
materials to this unique collaboration with furniture specialists Riva 1920. Pairing
the craftsmanship of walnut with tubular metal form, this elegant dining table is at
home in opulently furnished spaces.
Designed and made in Italy by Renzo Piano
Solid wood top with squared edges
Chrome-plated semi-gloss finish with tubular section
Finished with a base of oil / natural wax of vegetable origin with pine extracts
Dimensions
Height 75cm
Width 260cm
Depth 100cm
DESIGNS

PIANO
DINING
TABLE
WALNUT
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DESIGNS

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