Chaos and Culture: Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, view from east. © Bill Barekas

National Library of Greece, library shelves under construction. © Yiorgis Yerolymbos. Courtesy of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, opera house audience. © Yiorgis Yerolymbos. Courtesy of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, park during concert. © Yiorgis Yerolymbos. Courtesy of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Author: Victoria Newhouse, architectural critic and historian
Publisher: Monacelli Press (English Edition), Melissa Publishing House (Greek Edition)
Year: 2017
Scope: Photo editing
Buy: Monacelli Press

As the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center was under construction in Athens, we built the visual narrative to accompany Victoria Newhouse’s analysis of this spectacular building and public park. We then worked with Melissa Publishing House to secure image rights and permissions for the Greek edition of the book.

At a tumultuous moment in Greece, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation donated an exceptional gift to the people of Athens. We worked closely with Victoria Newhouse, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and photographers in Athens to illustrate the development of this astounding building in a complex social, historical, political, and architectural context.

Press:

Architectural Record

Architect’s Newspaper

Surface Magazine

The National Herald

Introspective Magazine