Renzo Piano architecture criticism, American Architects, US President Biden Building News
Renzo Piano, architectural criticism and global pandemic
Historic US Election Review of Architectural Aspects: Architectural Column by Joel Solkoff, PA, USA
Jan 8, 2021
US Architecture under President Biden Part IV
Joel Solkoff?s Column Vol. VII, Number 1
Auditorium by Renzo Piano, Morgan Museum and Library, New York City, New York:

photograph published by permission of the Morgan
Eight years ago, visiting the auditorium of Renzo Piano?s extension and renovation of the J.P. Morgan library and Museum marked my transition from simply being a disability rights advocate to becoming an architecture critic as well. Indeed, as will become apparent, I was following in the footsteps of New Yorker critic Lewis Mumford who introduced Patrick Geddes? urban planning teachings to US readers?principles Piano?s Morgan exemplifies. The US is in the midst of a national crisis where the pandemic rages out of control? 320,000 of our people are dead? and the current occupant of the White House has failed to provide the leadership required. The architecture, engineering, and construction community (AEC) have the ability to build the millions of units President Elect Biden’s plans will require.
Architects and AEC community members generally would best prepare for Biden’s first 100 days? the metric President Franklin D. Roosevelt established in 1933 to deal with the Great Depression. Biden...