The Tjibaou Cultural Centre, on the narrow Tina Peninsula, approximately 8 kilometres northeast of the historic centre of Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia, celebrates the vernacular Kanak culture,
Tjibaou Cultural Centre
Traditional Kanak great house in a conical shape
Renzo Piano
A case under construction
Renzo Piano
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Renzo Piano is an Italian architect. His notable works include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, The Shard in London, Kansai International Airport in Osaka, the Whitney Museum of American Art in N
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre
…political controversy over the independent status sought by some Kanaks from French rule. It opened in June 1998 and was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and named after Jean-Marie Tjibaou, the leader of the independence movement who was assassinated in 1989 and had a vision of establishing a cultural…
Piano in 2012
Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1971–1977)
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Sunscreens of the Menil Collection (1982–1987)