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Architects and creatives remember “superstar” architect Richard Rogers

December 20, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
Richard Rogers portrait

Creatives including Peter Barber, Charles Holland and Julia Barfield are among those to have paid their respects to Pritzer Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers, who passed away this weekend at the age of 88. British-Italian architect Rogers, one of the world’s leading architects, is best known for his iconic high-tech architecture including the Centre Pompidou and

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Norman Foster pays tribute to his “oldest and closest friend” Richard Rogers

December 20, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Norman Foster and Richard Rogers in the 1960s

The tributes to architect Richard Rogers, who died this weekend aged 88, have been led by fellow Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Norman Foster. Foster, who first met Rogers when they were both students, described the architect as a “kindred spirit”. “Richard Rogers was a great pioneering architect of the modern age, socially committed and an influential

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Richard Rogers’ top 10 architecture projects including Centre Pompidou and Lloyd’s building

December 19, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Following the news that high-tech architecture pioneer Richard Rogers has passed away aged 88, here are 10 of his most influential projects including the Millennium Dome and Heathrow Terminal 5. Reliance Controls, Swindon, UK (1967) Designed in partnership with Norman Foster, Su Brumwell and Wendy Cheesman while Rogers was part of Team 4, the Reliance

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Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers dies aged 88

December 19, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Portrait of Richard Rogers

Breaking news: high-tech architecture pioneer Richard Rogers, who designed the Centre Pompidou in Paris and London’s Lloyd’s building, has passed away aged 88. British-Italian architect Rogers, one of the world’s best-known architects, died at his home in London on Saturday evening. His death was confirmed to the New York Times by his son Roo Rogers. Over his

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Lloyd’s building in London to undergo “once-in-a-generation” overhaul

August 17, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
The Underwriting Room in the Lloyd's building

The iconic Underwriting Room at the heart of Richard Rogers’ high-tech Lloyd’s building in London is set to undergo a major redesign by its owner, insurance company Lloyd’s of London. Planned for 2022, the “once-in-a-generation” overhaul of the Grade I-listed building’s central space is being carried out to better accommodate the firm’s flexible working practices

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Richard Rogers balances his final building over Provence vineyard

February 15, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers has designed a gallery that cantilevers 18 metres out above the hillside at the Château La Coste vineyard in southern France. Named The Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery, the project was the last work produced by the architect before his retirement from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) – the studio he founded in

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Centre Pompidou in Paris faces four-year closure for repair works

January 26, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
High-tech architecture: Centre Pompidou by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano

France’s culture minister has revealed that the high-tech Centre Pompidou in Paris by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers will be closed from 2023 to undergo major renovations. Speaking to French newspaper Le Figaro on Monday, culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said that the closure of the centre, which is one of Paris’ top cultural buildings, was

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Richard Rogers’ top 10 architecture projects including Centre Pompidou and Lloyd’s building

September 2, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Following new of high-tech architecture pioneer Richard Rogers’ retirement, here are 10 of his most influential projects including the Millennium Dome and Heathrow Terminal 5. Reliance Controls, Swindon, UK (1967) Designed in partnership with Norman Foster, Su Brumwell and Wendy Cheesman while Rogers was part of Team 4, the Reliance Controls factory in Swindon was

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Richard Rogers steps down from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners after 43 years

September 1, 2020 India Block 0
Portrait of Richard Rogers

Pritzker Prize-winning architect and high-tech architecture pioneer Richard Rogers has retired from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, the practice he founded in 1977. British-Italian architect Rogers, who is aged 87, has stepped down from the board of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. His name will be dropped from the practice within the next two years, per the studio’s founding

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We entered the Pompidou competition “against my will” says Richard Rogers in VDF lecture

May 13, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

In the second talk as part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, architect Richard Rogers discusses his reluctance to enter the Centre Pompidou competition and liking the Lloyd’s building. The idea behind Architects, not Architecture is for architects to discuss their path, influences and experiences. In his lecture in November 2017, Rogers

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