Marco Goldschmied
| Marco Goldschmied | |
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| Born |
28 March 1944 England |
| Alma mater | Architecture Association |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Richard Rogers Partnership |
Marco Goldschmied (born 1944) is an architect best known as co-founder and managing director of Richard Rogers Partnership. He now runs the Marco Goldschmied Foundation and was previously a president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Son of British Elinor and Italian Guido Goldschmied, Marco was born in England in 1944 and moved to Italy in Trieste in 1946. Following the death of his father in 1955, he returned to London with his mother in 1956.[1]
Career
Goldschmied trained at the Architecture Association where he met two future partners; Mike Davies and John Young.[2]
In 1971 he was associate partner of the Piano + Rogers architecture practice[3] which was established to design the competition winning Centre Georges Pompidou.
He was co-founder of the Richard Rogers Partnership with Richard Rogers, Mike Davies and John Young in 1977 becoming managing director in 1984, and was involved in many of the major projects undertaken by the practice. He left in 2004 and the practice became Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2007.
He set up the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, which established the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize in 1998 and rewards the best architecture projects with a construction budget of less than £1 million.[4]
Marco was President of the RIBA in 1999 to 2001, during which time he initiated the rebranding of the institute.[5]
Notable buildings
Montevetro Building, Battersea, London
Channel 4 headquarters, London
Millennium Dome at Greenwich, London