For Renzo Piano, designing a building is equivalent to an adventure: exploring space and forms in search of authentic beauty, capable of improving places and the lives of communities. Through the narration of some of Piano's most significant projects - the famous ones, but also the lesser known -, this volume retraces the poetics of a great architect, who from the very beginning has been able to unite, thanks to the flair and lightness of a genius, art and technique in each of his projects. The publication is made in collaboration with MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo in Rome.