He designed London’s The Shard, was an integral part of the team working on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and in 2006 Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world…

Now “Renzo Piano”:http://www.rpbw.com/ has turned his attention back to Turin, in the north-west of Italy.

The Italian architect’s latest feat is a 37-floor skyscraper in a city not known for its tall buildings.