Rogers, Richard George, Baron Rogers of
Riverside, 1933–2021, British architect, b.
Florence, Italy, Architectural Association, London (A.A. Dipl.,
1954–59), Yale (M.Arch., 1962). With Norman Foster and two other architects he
cofounded (1963) Team 4, his first firm. Rogers achieved international fame
when he and Renzo Piano created the
Beaubourg
(1977), the revolutionary “inside-out” museum in Paris that is
better known as the Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and
Culture. Shortly thereafter he formed Richard Rogers Partnership;
it was renamed Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners in 2007. Rogers is
known for his innovative application of high-tech methods and materials and
for his careful attention to social and environmental concerns. His
buildings are functionally flexible; they typically exploit natural light
and employ various energy-saving techniques. Among his most notable
structures are the Lloyd's building, London (1984); European Court of Human
Rights, Strasbourg (1995); Millennium Dome, London (1999); Yamashiro School,
Kyoto (2003); Barajas International Airport, Madrid (2005); National
Assembly for Wales, Cardiff (2006); with Renzo Piano, the National Opera and
National Library, Athens, Greece (2016), and the new Tower 3 of the New
York's World Trade Center (commissioned 2006; completed 2018). He was chief
architectural advisor to the Mayor of London (2000-08). Rogers was knighted
in 1991 and made a life peer five years later, and has been honored with
architecture's most prestigious awards including the RIBA Gold Medal (1985),
Stirling Prize (2006), and Pritzker Prize (2007).
See his memoir, A Place for All People (2017); studies Cities for a
Small Planet (1998) and Cities for a Small
Country (with A. Power, 2000); K. Powell, ed., Richard
Rogers: Complete Works (3 vol., 1999–2006); K. Powell
and R. Torday, Richard Rogers: Architecture of the Future
(2005); R. Torday, Richard Rogers (2007).
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