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 a living thing. If I want to leave something to the future, it has to be able to change - but retain something of the ethos that we built up over 50 years.
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Most buildings, whether they're Gothic cathedrals or Romanesque ones, were high tech for their time.
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I have a very big family, and that is my number one thing, and we go away for a month to see my cousins in Italy every year, but I need to work.
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The Athenians had an oath for someone who was about to become a citizen. They had to swear that 'I shall leave the city not less but more beautiful than I found it.'
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There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities or to the housing crisis, but the two issues need to be considered together. From an urban design and planning point of view, the well-connected open city is a powerful paradigm and an engine for integration and inclusivity.
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Society has to get a grip and put a tax on carbon. Of course, there is much that flows from that, and it is a complex situation. The small details of something such as climate change are political and social, and they are a lot about fairness and how we rebalance towards a fairer society.
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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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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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If we are going to get the public and the specialists and politicians to come together, then the creation of Architectural Centres is vital.
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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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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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The girls are playing to better their seed. If the guys beat Lakeside they could get into state.
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All I know was that he was in between the ball and me.