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Biosfera

Biosfera

Also known as The Biosphere

Architect

Renzo PianoRenzo Piano

Year

2001

Style

Contemporary

Type

building

The Biosphere is a transparent globe of glass and steel, 20 meters in diameter, cantilevered out over the water at Ponte Spinola in the old harbor beside the aquarium. Renzo Piano designed it for the 2001 G8 summit as a self-contained…

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  1. 2001

    Original construction

    Renzo Piano

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