Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, Athens, by Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano's New Cultural Center in Athens

Source: SNF/Yiorgis Yerolymbos

Greece’s most significant cultural project in more than a decade - housing the National Opera House and National Library - is impressive in scale. But do all the elements live up to its immense ambition?

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