Breathe, Bostonians; Renzo Piano Won’t Harm The Gardner

“[T]he preservationists should put away their torches and pitchforks. Mr. Piano’s design, dominated by a four-story copper-clad volume that encloses a 300-seat music hall and a temporary-exhibitions gallery, keeps a respectful distance from the Venetian dowager.” Indeed, it may hold Gardner’s memory “in too high regard.”