The Renzo Piano Building Workshop RPBW was established by Renzo Piano 1981 with offices in Genoa, Italy and Paris, France.

RPBW is led by 11 partners, including Pritzker Prize Laureate, architect Renzo Piano. The practice permanently employs about 100 architects and 30 support staff including 3D visualization artists, BIM managers, model makers, archivists, and administrative and secretarial staff. Our team has extensive experience working in multi-disciplinary teams on building projects in France, Italy and abroad.

As architects we are involved in projects from start to finish and typically provide full architectural design and consultancy services through the construction phase. Our design skills and capacity extends beyond architectural services to include interior design, master planning, landscape design and exhibition design services.

Francesco Giacobello
Associate, Architect. RPBW – Based in Genoa

Francesco (b. 1980) studied architecture at the Genoa School of Architecture, at the Politecnico di Milano, and at the Grenoble School of Architecture in France. He joined the Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Genoa in 2010 and has since contributed to numerous major projects. As Associate Architect and Project Lead, he brings extensive experience in complex urban projects. His portfolio includes key roles at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Istanbul Modern Museum in Istanbul, One Sydney Harbour in Sydney, and the Waterfront di Levante project in Genoa, with a focus on two residential buildings.