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								  |  | The Menil Collection 
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| ARCHITECTURE  |  | Buildings for cultural activities Art galleries and exhibition areas Museums and buildings for exhibitions Art museums |  |   
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                                    |  Renzo Piano, The Menil Collection, Fondazione Renzo Piano, 2009 |  
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                                    | Friedbert Kind-Barkauskas, Stefan Polóny, Bruno Kauhsen, Jörg Brandt, Atlante del Cemento, UTET, Torino 1998, pp. 254-255 |  
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                                    | Renzo Piano, Giornale di bordo, Passigli Editori, Firenze 1997, pp. 70-81 |  
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                                    | Renzo Piano, "La costruzione del museo De Menil/The Construction of the Menil Museum", Lotus international 78, ottobre/october 1993, [Applicazioni tecniche/Technical Applications], pp. 54-65 |  
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                                    | Renzo Piano, "Dalla relazione dell'architetto/From the architect's report", Domus 685, luglio-agosto/july-august 1987, p. 38 (32-43) |  
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                                    | Edoardo Guazzoni, "Renzo Piano. Museo Menil, Houston", Domus 685, luglio-agosto/july-august 1987, pp. 32-43 |  |  
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                                    | Piano & Fitzgerald Architects |  |  
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                                    | Shunji Ishida, Mark Carroll, Mike Downs, Chandra Patel, Bernard Plattner |  |  
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                                    | Ove Arup & Partners, London (Peter Rice, Tom Barker, Alistar Guthrie, Neil Nobel, John Thornton) Haynes & Waley Associates, Houston
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                                    | Ove Arup & Partners, London (Peter Rice, Tom Barker, Alistar Guthrie, Neil Nobel, John Thornton) Galewsky & Johnston, Beaumont
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