Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern – Benedikt Lodererer Voordeelprijs

The prominent Genovese architect Renzo Piano, recipient of the 1998 Pritzker Award, has designed a new and unusual museum building-the Zentrum Paul Klee on the outskirts of Bern.nPiano was convinced from the outset that he would find the answers to his own questions in the art of Paul Klee. The Center, says Piano, is dedicated to the ‘poet of silence’, and thus it was only fitting to consider building a museum that would speak softly. Renzo Piano was also inspired by the identity of the location and the gen…