Richard Rogers
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| Richard Rogers | |
 Pompidou centre, Paris |
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| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Name | Richard Rogers |
| Nationality | British |
| Birth date | 23 July 1933 |
| Birth place | Florence |
| Working Life | |
| Practice Name | Richard Rogers Partnership |
| Significant Buildings | Centre Georges Pompidou Lloyd's Building |
| Significant Projects | Towards an Urban Renaissance |
| Awards and Prizes | Stirling Prize |
Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside (born 23 July 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. He was born in Florence in 1933 and attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, before graduating from Yale School of Architecture in 1962.[1]
At Yale he met fellow student Norman Foster and on returning to England he set up architectural practice as Team 4 with Foster and their respective wives Sue Rogers and Wendy Cheesman. They quickly earned a reputation for high-tech industrial design.
In 1967 the practice split up, and Rogers joined Renzo Piano winning the design for the Pompidou Centre in 1971. This building established Rogers' trademark of exposing most of the building's services (water, heating ducts, and stairs) on the exterior, leaving the internal spaces uncluttered. The building is now a much admired Paris landmark, but at the time critics were mixed, dubbing the "inside-out" style "Bowellism".
After working with Piano, Rogers established the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1976.
His most famous works include:
- Rogers' House Wimbledon (1967)[2]
- Centre Pompidou Paris (1972–78)
- Lloyd's building London (1979–84)
- European Court of Human Rights Strasbourg (1984)
- Millennium Dome London (1999)
- The Senedd, the new building for the National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff (2006)
- Barajas Airport Terminal 4, Madrid (2005)
- 88 Wood Street London (1993-2001)
He was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1985. He received a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 10th Mostra di Architettura di Venezia[citation needed]. In 2006, he won the Stirling Prize for Terminal 4 of Barajas Airport.[3]
Lord Rogers was one of the most vocal advocates of the Millennium Dome project and his reputation has suffered as a result. Though still regarded as one of the major international practices it is notable that since the Dome he has secured fewer landmark projects.
After several years of development, the ambitious Rogers Masterplan for the regeneration of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was rejected. Lord Rogers has been active politically as a Labour life peer with the title Baron Rogers of Riverside, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. In 2000 he wrote the UK government's white paper, Towards an Urban Renaissance. Lord Rogers is currently chair of the Greater London Authority panel for Architecture and Urbanism.
Richard Rogers was appointed to design the replacement to the Central Library in the Eastside of Birmingham; however, his plan was rejected on grounds of cost. The area adjacent to the land that the library would have stood on, known as City Park Gate, is still to be designed by Rogers.
Lord Rogers has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Kent.
Rogers has been chosen as the architect of Tower 3 of the new World Trade Center in New York City, replacing the old World Trade Center, which had been destroyed in the September 11 attacks. His old classmate, contemporary and former practice partner Norman Foster is also designing a new WTC tower.
Richard Rogers' second wife is Ruth Rogers, co-owner of The River Café (also designed by Richard Rogers) and author of a series of popular cookery books on Italian food. He was knighted in 1981 by Queen Elizabeth II.
[edit] References
- ^ Richard Rogers (English). Press Release CV. Richard Rogers Partnerships. Retrieved on 2006-07-31.
- ^ Dr Rogers House. Richard Rogers Partnership. Retrieved on 2006-10-27.
- ^ RIBA Stirling Prize 2006. RIBA. Retrieved on 2006-10-27.
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