Editing Renzo Piano (section)

===Morgan Library Renovation and Extension (2000–2006)===
The extension of the [[Morgan Library]] in New York City is next to the original library, a monument of [[Beaux-Arts architecture]] designed by [[McKim, Meade and White]] (1903), which had been expanded several times. Piano extensively renovated the existing structures and a built a new building the same height as the historic building, with a simple rectangular facade that complemented it. He also added a {{convert|5|m|adj=on|spell=in}} cube as a small exhibit space, an underground auditorium with 199 seats, and a glass-walled atrium which united all the parts, old and new. The architecture critic of the  ''New York Times'', Nicolai Ouroussoff, wrote, "the result is a space with the weight of history and the lightness of clouds...a sublime expression of the architect's preoccupation with light."<ref>''New York Times'', 10 April 2006</ref>