Richard Rogers (architect)

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Richard George Rogers

Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside , Kt , CH (born July 23, 1933 in Florence , Italy ; † December 18, 2021 in London ) was an Italian- British architect , Pritzker Prize winner 2007 and life peer . From him come inter alia. the designs for the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Millennium Dome in London.

biography

Richard Rogers (front left) with Queen Elizabeth II and Welsh Treasury Secretary Sue Essex at the opening of the Senedd in Cardiff (2011)

Rogers was the son of a doctor; his mother was very interested in modern design. In 1938 the family moved from Italy to England, where he started school. He remained a poor student because he had reading and writing difficulties that could not be diagnosed at the time. Nevertheless, he graduated from secondary school in 1951 and was inclined to the wishes of his parents according to a dental degree. When he visited the Festival of Britain , he was fascinated by the buildings temporarily erected there. During his two years of military service he was transferred to Trieste . Here he got to know the work of Ernesto Nathan Rogers ( BBPR ), one of the most famous Italian architects and cousin of his father. Rogers then decided to study at the Architectural Association School in London (1954-1959).

In 1961, thanks to a Fulbright scholarship , he was able to continue studying at the Yale School of Art and Architecture , where he received his Master 's degree in architecture. At Yale he developed an interest in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright , his first house god ("my first god").

After graduating, he first worked for the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill office in New York City, then returned to England in 1963. There he founded the architecture office Team 4 with his future wife Su Brumwell and Norman Foster with his future wife Wendy Cheeseman

From 1969 he worked with Renzo Piano on various projects that were not realized until they won the competition for the Center Pompidou, which was built from 1971 to 1977. After this success, the two architects parted. The Richard Rogers Partnership planning office was founded in 1977 and today has offices in London, Barcelona , Madrid and Tokyo . In April 2007 he expanded the partnership with his law firm and changed the name to Rogers Stirk Harbor + Partners .

From 1998 to 2005, Rogers chaired the Urban Task Force , a UK government working group on urban renewal issues.

Private

In 1969 he met the 15 years younger American student Ruth Elias, for whom he left his first wife. The two married in 1973 and had two other sons. Rogers was the father of five sons (one of whom died in 2011). Richard Rogers died on December 18, 2021 in London.

factories

He became internationally known for buildings such as the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris (planned in collaboration with Renzo Piano , 1971), the Lloyd’s in London , the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the Millennium Dome in London. Other projects included the construction of the National Assembly for Wales building , the renovation of a bullring in Barcelona , the construction of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport , the construction of the new courthouse in Antwerp and Madrid-Barajas Airport , which opened in August 2006 largest construction site in Europe.

Another major project that was completed in 2018 was a new building at Ground Zero in New York City . Richard Rogers is the architect of the 357 meter high Three World Trade Center (Tower 3 of the new World Trade Center complex). Another skyscraper was born in Seoul , the 338 meter high Parc 1 Tower A . The design of both buildings is slightly similar.

His architectural design language is characterized by the often demonstrative use of high-tech elements, which Rogers often found in areas outside of architecture such as B. took over ship and automobile construction and computer technology . This also goes hand in hand with the high ecological demands of its architecture. Rogers also caused the law firm's income gap to be no more than six times that between directors and the lowest paid architects.

In an architectural dispute with Prince Charles , Richard Rogers accused the heir to the throne of abusing his constitutional role and interfering in political processes. In the summer of 2009, the Arab owners of a former barracks site in London withdrew a building application from Rogers. Earlier, Prince Charles had the royal family of Qatar suggested more classic modern design for the "Chelsea Barracks" in favor of a rethink. The construction company entrusted with the project then declared that a new design should be selected together with the Prince's Architecture Foundation.

Together with Oliver Collignon , Rogers designed the Rotes Rathaus underground station in Berlin .

Awards

In 1991 Rogers was raised to the nobility as a Knight Bachelor . In 1996, as Baron Rogers of Riverside , of Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, he received the dignity of a Life Peer and thus a seat in the House of Lords .

Work show

Quotes

" I would like to be known for buildings which are full of light, which are light in weight, which are flexible, which have low energy, which are what we call legible - you can read how the building is put together. "

- Richard Rogers, 2007

literature

  • Christoph Gunßer (Ed.): Energy saving settlements. Concepts - Techniques - Realized Examples. Callwey, Munich 2000, p. 159

Movie

  • Imagine… Richard Rogers: Inside Out. Documentary, UK, 2007, 55:30 min., Director: James Nutt, moderation: Alan Yentob, production: BBC , series: Imagine, first broadcast: February 26, 2008 on BBC One , table of contents and video excerpt from BBC.

Web links

Commons : Richard Rogers  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

sources

  1. ^ A b "British Architect Richard Rogers Wins Pritzker Prize" , New York Times , March 29, 2007
  2. ↑ Famous British architect Richard Rogers is dead. In: t-online. December 19, 2021, accessed December 19, 2021 .
  3. ↑ Patrick Popiol: U5 - THE RAILWAY STATIONS. In: WELCOME TO THE BERLINER-U-BAHN.INFO. Retrieved December 6, 2020 .
  4. ^ "Architecture: Richard Rogers receives Pritzker Prize" ( Memento from December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Die Zeit , March 29, 2007
  5. ↑ Christoph Gunßer: Energy saving settlements concepts - techniques - realized examples. In: arch INFORM ; accessed on February 22, 2021.
personal data
SURNAME Rogers, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rogers, Richard George, Baron Rogers of Riverside (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British architect and 2007 Pritzker Prize winner
BIRTH DATE July 23, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence , Italy
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH London