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
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Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.
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My architecture tends to be legible, light and flexible. You can read it. You look at a building, and you can see how it is constructed. I put the structure outside.
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Cities depend on a healthy mix of uses and people for their vitality. As a pre-eminent world city, London is a magnet to people from across the globe.
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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.
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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.
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There will be opportunities again, but not a bargain like we got today.
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There is no way I am going back there. I was looking for an excuse to get out and that was it.
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Barcelona has the best urban regeneration in Europe. They've changed 3.75 miles of rusting port and foul sand into the most beautiful beach where you can practically dive in from your hotel bedroom.
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I particularly love Legorreta's use of vivid pink, set off by sun and the tough, tropical nature of Mexico.
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You could hear the goal when it hit.
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All I know was that he was in between the ball and me.
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The girls are playing to better their seed. If the guys beat Lakeside they could get into state.
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If you had to choose a nation that is moving fastest in cultural terms it has to be Spain. After 40 years of the limitations of a fascist government, you suddenly see a tremendous vitality. You feel it in the street.
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Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law courts right next door to what is effectively a listed historic building, and that makes it exciting.