Renzo Piano has not long finished London's newest landmark building, the Shard, and he is already back in town, but it becomes clear early in Building's meeting with him that it is not for the local beverages. As he's offered tea the Italian architect replies, "No, no. Coffee. I will never adapt myself to this hot water. I can come round to English coffee but tea is out of the question." The discernment over what he drinks seems in keeping with a man who oozes relaxed Italian sophistication.
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