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June 2030

Lord
Riverside
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Richard George Rogers

Understanding
What Architecture
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The Hearty Life
Lord Rogers of
Riverside
What Architecture is?
"Architecture is too complex for just one
person to do it, I can’t use my two hands,
Architecture is part of me and architecture
is not just about buildings it’s about space
and place"
Biography
Richard Rogers, original name in full Richard
George Rogers, from 1996 Lord Rogers of
Riverside, (born July 23, 1933, Florence, Italy—
died December 18, 2021, London, England)
architect noted for what he described as
“celebrating the components of the structure.”
He was born in Florence, in an apartment with a
view of the Duomo. His father, Nino, was a doctor,
whose own father, a dentist, was a British émigré
to Italy. His mother, Dada was an art-lover, who
became a potter.
They moved to Britain in 1939 to escape the rise of
fascism, finding lodging in a single room in a
boarding house in Bayswater. Rogers studied at
the Architectural Association in London (1954–59)
and Yale University (1961–62). At Yale he met
Norman Foster, and was taught by Paul Rudolph,
whose designs for Yale’s Art and Architecture
Building would have a great influence on his own
designs for the Lloyd’s building years later.
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Building
From 1970 to 1977 he practiced with Renzo
Piano, and together they planned the landmark
Pompidou Centre. This exposed-steel 1971-1977: the Pompidou Centre (with Renzo
structure was a tour de force of high-tech Piano), Paris, Prancis
design, with a dramatic skeletal exterior clad
with tube-encased elevators and brightly
coloured ductwork
In that same year, the commission to design
the Centre Pompidou in Paris was won, which
would project both Rogers and Piano onto the
world stage of architecture. The Centre
Pompidou took six years and most of the
practice to Paris for that time.
.
1978-1986: Lloyd's of London
Achievements
1996-1999: Millennium Dome, London, UK
His many honors include
(1999)
Richard Rogers is best known for His high-tech
In 2008 he was made a member of the Order of
approach is most evident such pioneering
the Companions of Honour. the Pritzker Prize
buildings the Centre Pompidou in (1971–77) Paris, in 2007, the Praemium Imperiale in 2000, The
which he designed with the Italian architect Renzo Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Medal
Piano. in 1999, In 1995, Rogers was the first architect
ever invited to give the BBC Reith Lectures—a
After graduating, He returned to London to open a
series titled, these were later published as
partnership with his then wife, Su Brumwell, along
Cities for a Small Planet (1997) Rogers was
with another married couple, Wendy Cheesman
knighted in 1991
and Norman Foster, in a firm called Team 4 (1963–
66). heir first significant commission was Creek the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize from the
Vean, a home for Su’s parents. Shortly, Team 4 American Academy & Institute of Arts and
broke up and Rogers and Foster each formed their Letters in 1989, the Royal Gold Medal for
own firms in 1967 Architecture in 1985.
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 lloyd's of london
Unlike most of its industry peers, Lloyd's of
London is not an insurance company. Rather,
Lloyd's is a corporate body governed by the
Lloyd's Act of 1871 and subsequent acts of
Parliament. It operates as a partially
mutualized marketplace consisting of multiple
financial backers, grouped in syndicates,
convened to pool and spread risks. These
underwriters, or "members," include both
corporations and private individuals, the latter
of which is known as "names." In its essence,
One of the most recognisable pieces of
architecture built in the 1980s, the Lloyd's
building in London is another of Rogers inside-
out buildings that has its structure and services
clearly visible on its exterior.

Built as the headquarters of Lloyd's of London

– one of the world's largest insurance firms –
the 14-storey office block is wrapped around a
central atrium. Placing the services on the
outside creating open, flexible offices inside.

"[We] kept the floors clear because Lloyd's

said they wanted two things," Rogers told
Dezeen in an exclusive interview in 2013.

"They wanted a building that would last into the

next century – we met that one – and they
wanted a building that could meet their
changing needs."

lloyd's of london
Source :

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Rogers

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/19/richard -rogers-lord-rogers-obituary

https://www.pritzkerprize.com/biography-richard-rogers