DECEMBER 22, 2021
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Richard
Rogers, known for designing some of the world’s most famous buildings including
Paris’ Pompidou Centre, has died on last Saturday aged 88. His son Roo Rogers confirmed
his death, but did not give the cause.
Born in 1933 in Florence, he trained at the
Architectural Association School of Architecture in London before graduating
with a master's from Yale. In the 1970 - 80s, he became widely known for two
buildings that were controversial at the time for putting amenities like lifts
and air conditioning ducts on the outside - the Pompidou in Paris and the
Lloyd's building in London.
He
retired last year from the architecture practice he founded in 1977. A
statement said Rogers was a man of “immense drive and charisma” with a love of
people, highlighting his political commitment to positive social change.
Rogers
was the co-creator of France’s Pompidou Centre – opened in 1977 and famed for
its multi-coloured, pipe-covered facade – which he designed with Italian
architect Renzo Piano. Rogers’ other well-known designs include Strasbourg’s
European court of human rights and the Three World Trade Center in New York, as
well as international airport terminals in Madrid and London’s Heathrow, and
the Welsh Senedd.
He won a
series of awards for his designs, including the 2007 Pritzker Prize, and was
one of the pioneers of the “high-tech” architecture movement, distinguished by
structures incorporating industrial materials such as glass and steel.
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