Editing Renzo Piano (section)

===Nasher Sculpture Center (1999–2003)===
In the first decade of the 21st century, a wave of new art museums or museum wings were built to house the collections of wealthy art patrons. Piano, who had been building art museums since 1977, was one of the most active and creative designers of these new buildings; though the requirements and the collections were often similar, he usually succeeded in giving each museum a distinct look and personality. The [[Nasher Sculpture Center]] in Dallas, Texas, was funded with 60 million dollars by Raymond Nasher, who had made a fortune in developing shopping centers, to display his collection of modern sculpture, which includes works by [[Auguste Rodin]], [[Joan Miró]], [[Henri Matisse]] and [[Alberto Giacometti]]. The building is very simple in form, like his early Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, and does not distract from the sculptures within; six walls of [[travertine]] marble with a glass ceiling that filters the light define five long galleries, while outside a sunken sculpture garden is placed {{convert|4 to 5|m|spell=in}} below the street level, away sheltered from noise giving the appearance of an overgrown archeological excavation.{{Sfn|Jodidio|2016|page=57}}