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
goal hear
You could hear the goal when it hit.
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.
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'.
italian jewish-tradition tradition
There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close.
views long urban
This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view.
thinking long-ago confusion
There are times I almost think I am not sure of what I absolutely know. Very often find confusion in conclusion I concluded long ago. In my head are many facts that, as a student, I have studied to procure. In my head are many facts of which I wish I was more certain I was sure.
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.
littles architecture courses
Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.
florence medieval building
In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.
unions gaps rich
The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast.
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.
greed age today
Today is much more an age of greed
mother children love-is
My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.
cities juxtaposition
Cities are about juxtaposition.