Breaking news: high-tech architecture pioneer Richard Rogers, who designed the Centre Pompidou in Paris and London’s Lloyd’s building, has passed away aged 88.
British-Italian architect Rogers, one of the world’s best-known architects, died at his home in London on Saturday evening. His death was confirmed to the New York Times by his son Roo Rogers.
Over his career he was awarded all of architecture’s top honours. He was awarded the Pritzker Prize – architecture’s highest accolade – in 2007, the Royal Gold Medal in 1985, the American Institute of Architect’s Gold Medal in 2019 and the Praemium Imperiale for Architecture in 2000.
His studio won the Stirling Prize – the UK’s top honour for a building – twice, first for Madrid’s Barajas Airport in 2006 and for the Maggie’s Centre in London in 2009.
Born in Florence, Rogers returned to the UK for school before attending the Architectural Association and then moving to the US to study at Yale, where he met Norman Foster.
On returning to the UK he set up architecture studio Team 4 with Foster, Su Brumwell and Wendy Cheeseman. Although the studio only completed a couple of projects, it established the routes of high-tech architecture.
In 1967, following the split of Team 4 Rogers established Richard + Su Rogers Architects with Brumwell, who he had married.
Rogers became internationally known when he won the competition to design the Centre Pompidou in Paris with Italian architect Renzo Piano. This building was completed in 1977 when Rogers established Richard Rogers Partnership, which was renamed Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2007.
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