Editing Renzo Piano (section)

===Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia (1991–1998)===
The [[Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre]] in [[Nouméa, New Caledonia]] (1991–1998), is among the most unusual of Piano's works. A joint project between [[New Caledonia]] and the French government, it is designed to display the culture of the [[Kanak people|Kanak]] people. The project uses a combination of traditional and modern material; local wood, along with glass and aluminum. The complex is located on a narrow peninsula in a lagoon with prevailing winds. Piano designed a series of curved wooden screens, from {{convert|9 to 28|m}} high, to protect the exposition structures, then three "villages" of structures; one for welcome and exhibitions space; one for an auditorium and media center; and one for service functions. The curving wooden pavilions, inspired in form by the local architecture, have a double wooden skin to protect against the weather, but also let in the sunlight. While it is devoted to the local culture, some of the buildings, particularly the towering reception center, with curving walls and wooden spires, are strikingly post-modern in form.{{Sfn|Jodidio|2016|page=41-43}}

His other projects begun in the 1990s included the New Metropolis Museum in Amsterdam, which later became the science museum and technology [[NEMO (museum)|NEMO]] (1992–1997), placed on the edge of the harbor, and resembling the hull of an enormous ship; the [[Parco della Musica]], a complex of music performance halls in Rome (1994–2002), Each was entirely different from the others, and in this period it was difficult to discern a specific element that or style defined his architecture, other than careful craftsmanship and attention to detail.{{Sfn|Taschen|2016|page=508}}