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
cities city-planning architecture
Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower.
cities juxtaposition
Cities are about juxtaposition.
greed age today
Today is much more an age of greed
way-forward environmental-quality earth-day
The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.
future long vision
Sustainable development: Meeting present needs without compromising the stock of natural resources remaining for future generations. In terms of buildings, it implies resource efficiency, minimum energy use, flexibility and long life
unions gaps rich
The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast.
florence medieval building
In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.
littles architecture courses
Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.
space architecture building
Architecture is about public space held by buildings.
country environmental want
If you live in a squalid environment, then of course you are going to want to get out of it, you are probably going to want to get into the country, because that's what it does.
quality way just-saying
I'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change - rather than just 'mix it up'.
interesting way cottages
It is quite interesting that whilst there are tremendous theories, in the 1960s when IT was born, everybody was supposedly going to their cottage in the countryside to work in a virtual way.
views long urban
This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view.
italian jewish-tradition tradition
There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close.