document.writeln("<a href=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0123/news_1-1.html><img src=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0123/images/13724_image_1.150.jpg width=150 height=150 border=0 alt='ArchWeek Image' style='float: left' hspace='4'></a><p style='text-align: left'><a href=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0123/news_1-1.html><font size=-1 face=Helvetica,Arial>RENZO PIANO GOLD MEDAL</font></a></p><p style='text-align: left'><font size=-1><a href='http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Renzo_Piano.html'>Renzo Piano</a> first captured the attention of the architecture world as co-designer of the <a href='http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Centre_Pompidou.html'>Centre Pompidou</a> in Paris with <a href='http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Richard_Rogers.html'>Richard Rogers</a>, an epochal building that dramatically established the still-reigning high-tech modern style of architecture. </p><p style='text-align: left'>Piano's subsequent projects, including several gorgeous museums and other beautiful buildings around the world, have steadily reinforced his reputation as a profound designer, sensitive practitioner, and master craftsman of building. </font></p><p style='text-align: right'><a href=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0123/news_1-1.html><img src=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/images/continue.gif width=96 height=22 border=0 alt=Continue...></a></p>");
