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Henry Massonnet was born in Oyonnax, a small village perched at an altitude of 700 metres in the Ain department, France.
After his baccalaureate, he went to Paris and entered the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He enrolled in the Higher Teacher Training College and was sought after by the Grande Ecole of Engineering but his head was eventually turned by a young girl from Lyon whose love drew him away from his brilliant studies.
In 1948, he established the company STAMP inside an old mill in Nurieux, a small village located half-way between Bourg-en-Bresse and Oyonnax.
1968: The Tam Tam Stool. A roa[... mehr]
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Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1937. After a number of large, eye-catching projects like the
Centre Pompidou in Paris, San Nicaola Stadium in Bari and Kansai International Airport in Osaka,
Renzo Piano has become one of the most important architects of the 20th century. He is responsible for the main layout of the Potsdamer Platz and eight of its buildings in Berlin. Over the years, he has received a range of prestigious prizes and awards: the Compasso d’Oro, the Pritzker Prize, the Erasmus and Kyoto awards, to name a few.
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