Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers
Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside CH FRIBA FREngis a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs in high-tech architecture...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth23 July 1933
CityFlorence, Italy
although amazing family fortunate graham including ivan john minds worked
Family is everything, although I've been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the most amazing minds over the years, including Renzo Piano, John Young, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour.
maybe though virtual
I think you could make a completely Virtual Centre, though I have a general feeling, and maybe because I am getting very old, that you still need face to face.
sell
We don't see the need to sell it in the first place.
brings buildings garden gives group parking presence surrounded together until
Until now, we've been a group of buildings surrounded by parking lots, ... Now the garden brings all the buildings together and gives us a real presence and identity.
principles architecture profit
Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.
past trying architecture
Architecture is measured against the past, you build in the present, and try to imagine the future.
responsibility architect
As architects we have a responsibility to society
use policy materials
There has to be policies about that, about what materials we use and so on.
technology long problem
Technology cannot be an end in itself but must aim at solving long term social and ecological problems.
beautiful ghetto blue
It is my belief that exciting things happen when a variety of overlapping activities designed for all people-the old and the young, the blue and white collar, the local inhabitant and the visitor, different activities for different occasions-meet in a flexible environment, opening up the possibility of interaction outside the confines of institutional limits. When this takes place, deprived areas welcome dynamic places for those who live, work and visit; places where all can participate, rather than less or more beautiful ghettos.
people important made
Dyslexia, though, made me realise that people who say 'but you can't do that' aren't actually very important. I don't take 'no' too seriously.
mistake thinking artist
As an artist, what do you think the biggest mistake you can make is? My vote for the biggest mistake is being afraid of making mistakes.
beautiful journey views
Everyone has the right to walk from one end of the city to the other in secure and beautiful spaces. Everybody has the right to go by public transport. Everybody has the right to an unhampered view down their street, not full of railings, signs and rubbish.
white black grey
I don't understand why everyone has to wear black, grey and white.